Absolute Honor: A Novel - Hardcover

Humphreys, C.C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312358245 ISBN 13: 9780312358242

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Synopsis

Returning to England from his tour of duty in America, Jack Absolute hopes to reconnect with his friend's beautiful cousin but finds himself betrayed and wrongfully accused of treason, and his life is further complicated by an assassination attempt on King George and espionage activities within the Jacobite court. 10,000 first printing.

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In the latest installment to the rollicking Jack Absolute series (after The Blooding of Jack Absolute), Humphreys borrows from Sheridan's The Rivals to tell a highly successful adventure story with a large dose of romance. After surviving the Battle of Quebec and a long winter in the New World, Jack is ready to return to England and rejoin the 16th Light Dragoons. Aboard the slave ship Sweet Eliza, Jack befriends Red Hugh McClune, an Irish grenadier with mysterious intentions. Once in England, Jack and McClune travel to Bath, where McClune's unattached cousin, the lovely Laetitia Fitzpatrick, piques Jack's fancy. Their courtship proceeds smoothly until Jake finds himself unwittingly lured by Laetitia into a seditious conspiracy, and when Jack's superiors dispatch him to go undercover in Rome, the truth about those he thought he knew becomes tragically apparent. With his way with words and swords, Jack proves once again to be a dynamic hero—an honorable spy with a soft spot for love—and a bangup leading man for what is fast becoming a rousing, must-read series. (Nov.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312358245
• ISBN 13: 9780312358242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320