The blooding of Jack Absolute / C.C. Humprheys

Humphreys, C. C. (Chris C.)

ISBN 10: 0752857053 / ISBN 13: 9780752857053

Edité par London : Orion, 2005

A propos de cet article

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed copy - Flat signature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages; Physical description. : 311 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 - Fiction. Summary: 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 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, Jack learns the truth of his father's words.as well as a dozen things to do with a dead bear. A year on, the schoolboy will vanish, a man appear. But first he must learn to kill. To come of age, Jack Absolute must be blooded. 0 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The blooding of Jack Absolute / C.C. Humprheys
• Éditeur: London : Orion
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0752857053
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780752857053
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

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 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, Jack learns the truth of his father's words...as well as a dozen things to do with a dead bear. A year on, the schoolboy will vanish, a man appear. But first he must learn to kill. To come of age, Jack Absolute must be blooded.

À propos de l?auteur

C.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third generation actor and writer on both sides of his family, he is married and lives on Salt Spring Island, Canada. www.cchumphreys.com