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.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9780752865270
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 256 g
Dimensions: 201 x 168 x 24 mm
As swash-buckling as a young Errol Flynn, languidly escaping death with the ease of a teenage James Bond, this is a roaring adventure whose pages are remorselessly consumed. In this prequel, Humphreys begins the finest series of historical novels since O'Brian - GOOD BOOK GUIDE
Jack escapes death more often than James Bond ... an exciting romp - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A coming-of-age novel that ticks all the boxes - adventure, drama, wit, style and sheer enjoyment - DAILY RECORD
C.C. Humphreys brings the ribald, pleasure-seeking excesses of the regency period gloriously to life in this splendid romp... great rollicking fun - YORKSHIRE EVENING POST
Brilliantly combines meticulous research with a breakneck pace and a terrific sense of humour... If I read a more enjoyable historical novel this year you can stick me in a snowed up cave with only bear-meat to chew on and a copy of Hamlet to keep me sane - HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
It is not often that one looks forward to a prequel with such yearning, but in this case THE BLOODING OF JACK ABSOLUTE is one those rare exceptions to the rule... He is a swashbuckler to rival all others and has the soul of a warrior. He is for me a devastating character that grows on you page by page to the extent that you crave more. Settle down, enjoy, and sink into the exciting and somewhat vulnerable life of spy-extraordinaire Jack Absolute - SHOTS MAGAZINE
CC Humphreys has created the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O'Brian. - GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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