title: The Light Dragoons: A Regimental History, 17152009 (General Military)
author:  Eric Hunt 
description: King Abdullah of Jordan, the British Light Dragoons' colonel-in-chief, enlisted Eric Hunt to author this concise chronicle. Hunt joined the 13th/18th Royal Hussars from Sandhurst in 1949. He served with them in North Africa, Egypt, Malaya, Germany and England. His military career culminated as a member of the directing staff at the Army Staff College ... This 80-page paperback is richly illustrated by paintings, drawings and photos, with many of them reproduced in color. This book is a terrific testament to the regiment's tradition of proud service in war and peace throughout nearly three centuries. <i>Toy Soldier &amp; Model Figure(December 2012)</i>
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  Prologue
  
  Battlefield at Talavera
  
  July 28, 1809
  
  Late afternoon
  
  Richard Cameron, Earl of Mulgrave, second in command of King George's 9th
  Light Dragoons,
  
  moved forward slowly. His eyes burned from the smoke that still hung in the
  air, his nose filled
  
  with the stench of blood and death. Weary and worn out, less from fatigue than
  from anxiety, he
  
  surveyed the carnage stretching before him.
  
  It seemed as if the world had tumbled to pieces and everything was destroyed
  in the wreck. Lord
  
  Mulgrave wondered in anguish if he somehow could have done more for the men
  who had died
  
  under his command during this hard-won, desperately fought British victory.
  
  “Come away now, Richard. ‘Tis best to return to the house before darkness sets
  in."
  
  Lord Mulgrave lifted his head and stared mutely at the man who had spoken.
  Captain Miles
  
  Nightingall, the earl's boyhood friend and comrade-in-arms, sat stiffly upon
  his horse, his eyes
  
  filled with regret and understanding.
  
  Miles loo