Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... The Chains of Albiondoor Edwin Thomas
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Good, but not quite as good as the first. Martin Jerrold seems to have grown up a (very little) bit and does his best to disentangle the mess he's ended up in. Hooray for character growth, but I genuinely missed missed Jerrold's awe-inspiring ability to accidentally accomplish things while trying to run away from them very very fast. ( ) More Mischief and Mayhem, April 13, 2008 Finishing the second installment of Thomas' Misadventures of Lt. Martin Jerrold left another smile on my face as I closed the last page. I enjoyed it just as much as the first book Blighted Cliffs and eagerly await starting the last in the series Treason's River. These books are nothing but pure fun and adventure with a nice blend of all ingredients loved by readers who just want to sit back and enjoy the ride. One has to love Martin Jerrold, he's a hero with human flaws and failures known to us all but still manages to come out ahead in the end after a merry long chase of madcap mischief and mayhem. Another standing ovation for the author in my eyes, it's nice to see authors still writing a good old fashioned yarn of adventure on the high seas that keep you glued to the pages without looking up but once! Sequal to, The Blighted Cliffs (itself a very good book) this volume is so much improved it led me to believe a accomplished writer was publishing under a pseudonym. Another very good book, the Flashmanesque anti-hero is difficult to pull off (why should I care if the "hero" doesn't), Thomas does it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)
July 1806. Commanding a prison hulk full of French captives, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold thinks his war can't get much better. He's far away from the more life threatening aspects of naval service and he can keep his mistress close to hand. It all seems too good to last. And so it proves. When one of the prisoners goes missing, Jerrold's comfortable world is suddenly turned upside down. Ordered by the First Lord of the Admiralty to recapture the Frenchman at any cost, he finds himself racing across England- from the stinking marshes of Chatham to the wilds of Dartmoor and the fashionable resort of Brighton. But what makes this prisoner so damned important? At the Post Office, Jerrold's old friend Mr Nevell is curious; so too are politicians from either side, including the cunning Tory leader Spencer Perceval. Even the seductive Princess Caroline takes an unexpected interest. As Jerrold - dogged by his usual bad timing, bad luck and bad behaviour - closes in on his elusive quarry, he uncovers a devilish web of treachery and deceit stretching back twenty years and ensnaring the most exalted members of society. And in hot pursuit are those who will stop at nothing to stop him... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |