Absolute Honour
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...C.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto, and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third generation actor and writer, he returned to Canada in the nineties and there his writing career began.
He was a schoolboy fencing champion, became a fight choreographer and turned his love of swashbuckling towards historical fiction.He is married and divides his time between London and Canada.Previous titles:The French Executioner (Bfmt Nov 04);Blood Ties (Bfmt Dec 03);Jack Absolute (Bfmt Nov 05);The Blooding of Jack Absolute (Bfmt Nov 05)Author: Chris Humphreys
Format: Paperback, 384 pages, 200mm x 133mm, 314 g
Published: 2007, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Historical & Mythological Fiction
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...C.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto, and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third generation actor and writer, he returned to Canada in the nineties and there his writing career began.
He was a schoolboy fencing champion, became a fight choreographer and turned his love of swashbuckling towards historical fiction.He is married and divides his time between London and Canada.Previous titles:The French Executioner (Bfmt Nov 04);Blood Ties (Bfmt Dec 03);Jack Absolute (Bfmt Nov 05);The Blooding of Jack Absolute (Bfmt Nov 05)