THE BLOODING OF JACK ABSOLUTE - SIGNED 1st EDITION - plus UNCORRECTED BOUND PROOF
Language: English
Published by Orion, 2005
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: PJ Books, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, United KingdomPJ Books
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A lovely unread copy (typical slight toning to the page ends) in Mint unclipped jacket. SIGNED to the title page. Plus a mint unread Uncorrected bound proof copy. A perfect collectors set. The brilliant first outing for a new kind of hero . . . In 1777, Jack Absolute is famous . as the dashing lover in Sheridan's famous comedy THE RIVALS. However, this notoriety comes as something of a shock to the REAL Jack Absolute when he disembarks at Portsmouth after four months at sea, and seven years in India . When his old commander is appointed to lead the army that will crush the American Revolution, Jack's history in the Colonies becomes vital. Years before he was adopted by the Iroquois, knows their language and ways, can rally these vital allies to the King's cause. Yet there is a traitor at the heart of the British army, betraying its every move. From a field of honour in London through the Battle of Saratoga and the hunt for a double agent, Jack must fight revolutionaries, incensed rivals and a malevolent secret society - and all while trying to protect the woman he loves.…
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- Title
- THE BLOODING OF JACK ABSOLUTE - SIGNED 1st EDITION - plus UNCORRECTED BOUND PROOF
- Author
- Humphreys, C.C.
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0752865277
- ISBN 13
- 9780752865270
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Series
- Book 1 of 4: The Adventures of Jack Absolute
- Seller catalogs
- Advarnced Reading Copies ARCs, Signed First Editions
The brilliant prequel to JACK ABSOLUTE...
'Jack escapes death more often than James Bond in his attempt to find the traitor in the King's ranks . . . an exciting romp' Sunday Telegraph
'Bernard Cornwell is good but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels Review
London 1759 and Jack's life is easy. A scholar at Westminster School, a master with cricket bat or billiard cue, the leader of a gang of bucks about the Town, he has both a girl he worships and a courtesan teaching him the more basic arts of love. Yet he plans to give up all carousing, sit the examinations for Cambridge, find a career in any field he chooses. If he can just stay out of trouble for one night...
From the billiard halls and brothels of London to a clash of Empires on the Plains of Abraham, Jack's life is forever altered by the tragedies of that night. Through duels, battles, frantic escapes and a brutal winter spent in a cave in Canada, the schoolboy will vanish, and a man appear.
But first he must learn to kill. To come of age, Jack Absolute must be blooded.
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