The Blooding Of Jack Absolute

Author : C.C. Humphreys
Publisher : Sourcebooks Landmark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1402282249

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Blooding of Jack Absolute by C.C. Humphreys Pdf

Before he can become a man, he must first learn to kill... London, 1770s: Meet Jack Absolute, a handsome young man, loved by the ladies and envied by his schoolmates. With a place secured in college at Cambridge, his future seems bright. But one debaucherous night destroys Jack's fortune instantly and he is forced to seek a new fate in the dangerous New World. There, amid hostile Indians and the brutal wilds of North America, he struggles for something far more vital than riches: his survival. But in order to survive, Jack must be blooded. He must learn to kill. The Blooding of Jack Absolute tracks the stunning transformation of a young dreamer into a daring, larger-than-life hero.

Author : Chris C. Humphreys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0857573799

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The Blooding of Jack Absolute by Chris C. Humphreys Pdf

Author : Humphreys
Publisher : Library and Archives Canada
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198998813X

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The Blooding of Jack Absolute by Humphreys Pdf

"An Absolute Delight!" Diana Gabaldon, Author of 'Outlander'. London, 1759: Life is easy for Jack Absolute, a dashing young man, loved by the ladies and envied by his schoolmates. With a place secured in college at Cambridge and a baronetcy at hand, his future seems bright. But one night of revelry, and a duel over a woman destroys Jack's fortune instantly. He is forced to flee the country and seek a new fate as a soldier in the dangerous New World during the ruthless French and Indian Wars. There, amid hostile natives, fierce colonial rivalries, and the brutal wilds of North America, he struggles for something far more vital than riches: his survival. But to survive, Jack must be blooded for life. He must learn to kill. The gripping start to a riveting historical series, The Blooding of Jack Absolute tracks the stunning transformation of a young dreamer into a daring, larger-than-life hero. "With this, the first novel, C.C. Humphreys begins the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O'Brian." -Good Book Guide (UK)

Author : C. C. Humphreys,David Thorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
ISBN : 1846482402

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The Blooding of Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys,David Thorpe Pdf

London, 1759. Jack Absolute is drawn into the debauchery of London life, in the taverns & billiard halls of Covent Garden, in the boudoir of a lady educating him in the ways of love. Unfortunately, the lady is also mistress to one of the most powerful men in the land & Jack's father is forced to fight a duel on his son's behalf.

Author : Chris Humphreys
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409138563

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Jack Absolute by Chris Humphreys Pdf

The brilliant first outing for a new kind of hero . . . 'Bernard Cornwell is good but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels Review 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...

Author : Richard Bean,Oliver Chris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350183902

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Jack Absolute Flies Again by Richard Bean,Oliver Chris Pdf

What will happen in England after we have won this war? Bunting! Bunting everywhere! After the bunting has been taken down. They will never take down our bunting! July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack's advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris. In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022.

Author : Chris Humphreys
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 147322604X

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Smoke in the Glass by Chris Humphreys Pdf

A thrilling new dark fantasy series about immortality, war and survival, from the bestselling historical author Chris (CC) Humphreys Three lands, peopled by humans and immortals. In Corinthium a decadent endlessly-lived elite run the world for profit and power. But when a poor, honest solider dies, and is reborn, everything changes. In wintry Midgarth, where immortals are revered as deities, one of them has realized that something - or someone - is killing the gods. And in Ometepe there is only one immortal, for he has murdered every other. Until one woman gives birth to a very special baby.Yet there is a fourth, hidden land, where savage tribes have united under the prophecy of 'the One': a child who is neither boy nor girl. Now they plan to conquer the world. Unless a broken soldier, a desperate mother and a crippled god can stop them...

Author : L. Penelope
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250258380

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Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope Pdf

A TIME 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time A Time Magazine Best Fantasy Book of 2018 L. Penelope's Song of Blood & Stone is a treacherous, thrilling, epic fantasy about an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers. The kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar have been separated for centuries by the Mantle, a magical veil that has enforced a tremulous peace between the two lands. But now, the Mantle is cracking and the True Father, ruler of Lagrimar and the most powerful Earthsinger in the world, finally sees a way into Elsira to seize power. All Jasminda ever wanted was to live quietly on her farm, away from the prying eyes of those in the nearby town. Branded an outcast by the color of her skin and her gift of Earthsong, she’s been shunned all her life and has learned to steer clear from the townsfolk...until a group of Lagrimari soldiers wander into her valley with an Elsiran spy, believing they are still in Lagrimar. Through Jack, the spy, Jasminda learns that the Mantle is weakening, allowing people to slip through without notice. And even more troubling: Lagrimar is mobilizing, and if no one finds a way to restore the Mantle, it might be too late for Elsira. Their only hope lies in uncovering the secrets of the Queen Who Sleeps and Jasminda’s Earthsong is the key to unravel them. Thrust into a hostile society and a world she doesn’t know, Jasminda and Jack race to unveil an ancient mystery that might offer salvation.

Author : Chris Humphreys
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409138587

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Absolute Honour by Chris Humphreys Pdf

The powerful sequel to THE BLOODING OF JACK ABSOLUTE ... 'Bernard Cornwell is good but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels Review Jack Absolute is returning to England. On the voyage home, Jack helps in the defeat of a privateer, gaining a friend in a charismatic Irishman, Red Hugh McClune, along with a large share of the prize money and a nasty dose of cholera. Saved by Red Hugh, Jack convalesces in Bath where he falls in love with the man's beautiful cousin, Laetitia. But things are not as they seem, tragedy strikes, and Jack escapes with his life but loses something more important to him: his honour. From an assassination attempt on King George to espionage at the Jacobite Court in Rome, through betrayal, mutiny, cavalry charges and duels, Jack seeks to restore that honour - with a consequence he could not have foreseen, and a price to be paid in blood . . .

Author : C. C. Humphreys
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Absolute, Jack (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0752871919

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Absolute Honour by C. C. Humphreys Pdf

On his return voyage to England, Jack helps in the defeat of a privateer, gaining a friend in a charismatic Irishman, Red Hugh McClune, along with a large share of the prize money and a nasty dose of cholera. Saved by Red Hugh, Jack convalesces in Bath where he falls in love with the man's beautiful cousin, Laetitia. But this romance soon turns to tragedy. For there is more than love disguised in Bath. The Irishman is using the affair to lure Jack from his rooms that overlook the Circus and use them for political intrigue: on the day set for the elopement, the King is coming to Bath and Red Hugh plans to assassinate him - for the exiled King James III and all Jacobites. Jack foils the plot but, because he owes him his life, allows the Irishman to escape the noose. Red Hugh flees to Rome, taking Laetitia with him. Jack pursues to infiltrate the enemy. But recognised and betrayed by Red Hugh, he spends the winter in jail. He escapes to discover that Laetitia has married an aged Roman count to gain money and power for the cause, and that Red Hugh has gone to Portugal to join an Irish regiment raised to fight the Spanish. Jack's own regiment, the 16th Dragoons, is also there and Jack rejoins them to fight the war, charge with the cavalry at Valencia de Alcantara and defeat the schemes of the Irish traitor ...

Author : C C Humphreys
Publisher : Random House
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448164219

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Plague by C C Humphreys Pdf

_______________________________________ From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The French Executioner, an epic and thrilling tale of a serial killer who threatens London’s rich and poor during the Great Plague of 1665. If you enjoy novels by CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, you will love PLAGUE. London, May 1665. On a dark road outside London, a simple robbery goes horribly wrong – when the gentlemanly highwayman, William Coke, discovers that his intended victims have been brutally slaughtered. Suspected of the murders, Coke is forced into an uneasy alliance with the man who pursues him – the relentless thief-taker, Pitman. Together they seek the killer – and uncover a conspiracy that reaches from the glittering, debauched court of King Charles to the worst slum in the city, St Giles in the Fields. But there’s another murderer moving through the slums, the taverns and palaces, slipping under the doorways of the rich. A mass murderer. Plague...

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307957337

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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Pdf

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Author : C.C. Humphreys
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385679930

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Plague by C.C. Humphreys Pdf

WINNER 2015—Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel London, 1665. A serial killer stalks his prey, scalpel in his hand and God's vengeance in his heart. Five years after his restoration to the throne, Charles II leads his citizens by example, enjoying every excess. Londoners have slipped the shackles of puritanism and now flock to the cockpits, brothels and, especially, the theatres, where for the first time women are allowed to perform alongside the men. But not everyone is swept up in the excitement. Some see this liberated age as the new Babylon, and murder victims pile up in the streets, making no distinction in class between a royalist member of parliament and a Cheapside whore. But they have a few things in common: the victims are found with gemstones in their mouths. And they have not just been murdered; they've been . . . sacrificed. Now the plague is returning to the city with full force, attacking indiscriminately . . . and murder has found a new friend.

Author : C.C. Humphreys
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385679909

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Fire by C.C. Humphreys Pdf

First came Plague, now comes Fire. The epic tale of the hunt for a serial killer threatening London's rich and poor during the Great Fire of London. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Conn Iggulden. Fires don't start by themselves. They need someone to light them. What are friends for? As the Great Plague of London loosens its grip at last, Charles II's court moves back to the city, the theatres reopen and a new year arrives. 1666. It cannot be more terrible than the previous year, surely? But it can. For many will strive to make it so; to finally rid London of the curse that brought the plague upon it. A wholesale cleansing is required if society is to be born again. What's more it seems that a serial killer who stalked hand in hand with the Plague might not be dead after all. Together with actress Sarah Chalker, highwayman William Coke and thief-taker Pitman come together as one, determined to stop the brutal murder of London's rich and poor once and for all. But another threat is on the way. It hasn't rained in five months. London is a tinderbox--politically, sexually and religiously. The Great Fire of London is about to ignite. And the final confrontation between Coke, Pitman and Sarah Chalker and their murderous adversary will be decided against a background of apocalypse.

Author : Chris Humphreys
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473226111

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The Wars of Gods and Men by Chris Humphreys Pdf

After the Coming of the Dark, most immortals in the world have been killed. The religion of the Four Tribes has taken over the world, and any who resist it are crushed. They await the return of their prophesised One, who is both male and female, and neither. They have not been seen for fifteen years, but belief rules all. A few still fight. A handful of surviving immortals, once seen as gods, have hidden away. In each of the four lands of the world, there are mutterings of rebellion. And over the mountains, kept secret from the world, the One has grown into their adulthood. It is time for them to return and see what is being done in their name. And that means going to war.