by C . C . Humphreys (Author)
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...Thus we meet the dashing Mister Absolute - rogue, duellist, charmer and Captain in the Light Dragoons. He is everything that Sharpe is not, he is both the epitome of the English gentleman and his nemesis. He leaves behind him a trail of cuckolded husbands, excited lovers and dead bodies...In the War of Independence, Jack has to leave London in a hurry after a duel goes hideously wrong. But he soon finds himself in a fight for his life in the colonies.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion mass market paperback
Published: 03 Jun 2004
ISBN 10: 0752863835
ISBN 13: 9780752863832
Book Overview: C. C. Humphreys first novel, THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller Suave, sophisticated but possessing an acute sense of humour, Jack Absolute is a terrific new series character, who will appeal to many different readers Chris Humphreys novels have received widespread critical acclaim: 'Falling somewhere between the novels of Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith, C . C. Humphreys has fashioned a rollicking good yarn that keeps the pages turning from start to finish' Irish Examiner '[A] magnificent extravaganza of a book ... A marvellous feat of imagination' Good Book Guide 'Stirring and delightful ... constantly exciting ... For sheer pleasure I've read nothing to match it all year' Crime Time 'Thrilling, funny, well-researched and at times painfully poignant' Independent on Sunday 'C. C. Humphreys excels as ever in throat-in-the-mouth action and knows instinctively how to keep a reader pasted to the page ... to my mind Bernard Cornwell is good but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels Review C. C. Humphreys is an author, actor, fight choreographer, playwright and has excellent media contacts in London and in Canada.