Not many men emerged from Trafalgar without an ounce of credit to their names, but courtesy of an over-fondness for rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it. In February 1806, he is given one final chance to redeem his reputation and dispatched to Dover. Things don't augur well when, walking off the effects of a night in the tavern, Jerrold stumbles across a corpse lying on the beach. And they take a distinct turn for the worst when, to his horror and bemusement, he is suspected of murder. With a captain who despises him, and the local magistrate determined to see him hang, he knows clearing his name will require an imporbable reversal of his miserable fortunes. Somewhere in Dover's twisted streets, someone must know something. But Jerrold soon discovers that nothing is as it seems in a town where smuggling is a way of life, where everyone from the fishermen to the colonel of dragoons drinks only the finest French brandy. Distrusted by his superiors, set upon by suspiciously well-informed thugs and attacked by the French at sea, Jerrold does find some sympathy in the less-than-respectable arms of the comely Isobel, but he knows he has but two weeks to save his skin - or perish in the attempt. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Title: The Blighted Cliffs
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0553815148
ISBN 13: 9780553815146
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 240 grams

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Not many men emerged from Trafalgar with not an ounce of credit to their names, but through an over-reliance on rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it.

In February 1806, he comes to Dover with one final chance to redeem his reputation. Before he has been there a day, however, he finds himself standing over a body that is too far from the cliffs to have fallen accidentally. To his horror, Jerrold is suspected of murder.

Somewhere in Dover’s twisted streets, someone must know something. But Jerrold soon discovers that nothing is it seems in a town where smuggling is a way of life. And all the while, Jerrold is gaining sympathy only in the less-than-respectable arms of Isobel, the girl who seems without any great effort on his part — to be becoming his mistress.

Distrusted by his superiors, set upon by intriguingly well-informed smugglers, and attacked by the French at sea, Jerrold has two weeks to save his skin — or perish in the attempt.

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Not many men emerged from Trafalgar with not an ounce of credit to their names, but through an over-reliance on rum and his habitual bad luck, Lieutenant Martin Jerrold managed it.

In February 1806, he comes to Dover with one final chance to redeem his reputation. Before he has been there a day, however, he finds himself standing over a body that is too far from the cliffs to have fallen accidentally. To his horror, Jerrold is suspected of murder.

Somewhere in Dover?s twisted streets, someone must know something. But Jerrold soon discovers that nothing is it seems in a town where smuggling is a way of life. And all the while, Jerrold is gaining sympathy only in the less-than-respectable arms of Isobel, the girl who seems without any great effort on his part ? to be becoming his mistress.

Distrusted by his superiors, set upon by intriguingly well-informed smugglers, and attacked by the French at sea, Jerrold has two weeks to save his skin ? or perish in the attempt.

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