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Bezig met laden... Fire and Sworddoor Edward Marston
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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Captain Rawson (3)
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Now I'm all for 'boys own stories' but this stretches my credulity just too far. Rather than looking resourceful Daniel merely looks reckless.Similarly it seems to send out a rather mixed message about the French leadership. On one hand we are supposed to believe that the Duke de Vendome is a smart and experienced officer hampered by the Duke de Burgungy, who has been foisted on him by the French King and has overall command,then on the other he bungles not one but two attempts to capture a solitary British officer with thousands of men at this disposal. Now whilst I'm happy to believe that the Allied forces won various battles due to brilliant leadership,better training and greater skill I'm not so sure that all the French were the rank idiots that are portrayed.
Whilst the text runs along at a reasonably good pace and it is an easy read there is also a lot of repetition of previous books which could easily have been edited out IMHO. Likewise the author seems to have given up totally on the idea of writing any action scenes. Instead we have Daniel escaping from the French then turning up at the Allied camp safe and sound with nothing happening in between. Then the big set battle between the opposing armies is all wrapped up in 10 or so pages. All rather disappointing I fear.
Once again Marston gives a decent background into a War and period that I know little but this is not enough to raise it above the ordinary. ( )