Allan Mallinson
Allan Lawrence Mallinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1949 Yorkshire |
| Occupation | British Army officer (retired), Novelist |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | St Chad's College in Durham |
| Genre | Historical novels, Military history |
| Notable works | Hervey series |
Brigadier Allan Lawrence Mallinson (born 6 February 1949) is an English author and retired British Army officer.
Mallinson is best known for writing a series of novels chronicling the (fictional) life of Matthew Hervey, an officer serving in the (fictional) British 6th Light Dragoons from the late Napoleonic Wars through subsequent colonial conflicts in India, North America and South Africa.