Of Honest Fame - Couverture rigide

Bennetts, M. M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1907386246 ISBN 13 : 9781907386244

Editeur : diiarts.com, 2010

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

What a book. I love historical fiction. I like almost everything, but historical will always hold a special place with me. I also really enjoy it when research has been done. I love the accuracy. This book had me from the beginning. Had I not had to get up and do other things that day, I'd have done nothing but finish this book in one sitting. The characters are developed so well for the time period. You love them, you may dislike some too. The ending is not as expected either. Another quality I absolutely love in a book. This book left me screaming for a sequel. The last line. Priceless. {Not going to share it...go pick up your own book } Pick this one up for a great winter read. Review copy of this book provided by the author/publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. In no way did the provision of the book affect the outcome of my review. --

--amomentwithmystee.blogspot.com

I have to admit to a bit of confusion at the start of this book. It took me a bit to figure out who was who and where they fit in to the story but once I did that and adjusted to the cadence of the writing I found myself lost in story full of page turning intrigue. And not the whitewashed type you get in some novels, the real look over your shoulder because someone is trying to kill you intrigue. The plot built very slowly and carefully and the story was better for it. This is a thinking person's book. A book to make you think - about history and the atrocities of war. It was an excellent read but not an easy read. I would really like to get my hands on the first book by the author, May, 1812 to see what came before and see if it gives me any insight into the characters and how they interact and just plain act in this book. An excellent book for someone who truly loves history and how people react to war. Disclosure: I received a gratis copy of Of Certain Fame from Pump Up Your Book Promotions. Any opinions expressed are my honest opinions and were not impacted by my receipt of the free book. I received no monetary compensation for this post. --www.brokenteepee.com

Présentation de l'éditeur

On a summer night in 1812, a boy sets fire to a house in Paris before escaping over the rooftops. Carrying vital intelligence about Napoleon's Russian campaign, he heads for England. But landing in Kent, he is beaten almost to death. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Castlereagh, is desperate for the boy's information. He is even more desperate, however, to track down the boy's assailant - a sadistic French agent who knows far too much about Castlereagh's intelligence network. Captain George Shuster is a veteran of the Peninsula, an aide-de-camp to Wellington, now recalled from the continent and struggling to adjust to civilian life. Thomas Jesuadon is a dissolute, living on the fringes of society, but with an unrivalled knowledge of the seamy underside of the capital. Setting out to trace the boy's attacker, they journey from the slums of London to the Scottish coast, following a trail of havoc, betrayal, official incompetence and murder. It takes an unlikely encounter with a frightened young woman to give them the breakthrough that will turn the hunter into the hunted. Meanwhile, the boy travels the breadth of Europe in the wake of the Grande Armee, witnessing at first hand the ruination they leave behind and the awful price of Napoleon's ambition. This companion to M.M. Bennetts's brilliant debut, May 1812, is a gripping account of deception, daring and determination, of intelligence and guile pitted against brutality. Bennetts brings to vivid life the harrowing devastation wrought on the civilian populations of Europe by Napoleon's men, and the grit, courage and tenacity of those who stood against them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: diiarts.com
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907386246
• ISBN 13: 9781907386244
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible