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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (4 Dec 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752842773
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752842776
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Years have gone by since the events surrounding the death of Anne Boleyn. But her missing hand and all that it represents to the dark world of 16th-century Europe still draws the powerful to seek it out. Jean Rombaud - the French executioner of the first novel - has grown old, both in age and spirit. Wearied by the betrayal of a son and the scorn of a wife, he fights in the seemingly never-ending siege of Siena. Meanwhile, Gianni Rombaud has forsaken everything his ageing father stands for and now kills heathen for the Inquisition in Rome. Then he is summoned by Cardinal Carafa himself. His masters no longer merely want his dagger in the hearts of Jews, they want the hand of the dead queen... But only three people know where it is buried, and one of them is Gianni's father...

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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 in Vancouver, Canada.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars a follow up is not always a success, 14 Sep 2004
By Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews
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I rather liked the French Executioner. So I was quite excited when "Blood Ties" was published as it continued the tale of the French Executioner.

However, after having struggled through it, my excitment has turned rather sour.

The tale of the French Executioner continues 20 years after the first part has ended. In many ways it is now the second generation taking over - Jean Rombaud's children and Anne Boleyn's daughter the future Queen Elisabeth are the focus of the tale. The subtitle " the worst wars are fought within
families..." applies equally to the Royal House of Tudor and the family of Rombaud.

C.C. Humphreys tries to continue his previous success but he does not succeed very well. It is demanding and actually quite boring to get into the book. The stories takes off far too late. Too many sub-plots and sub-stories are taken up, left off at some stage, then will be continued and of course have to be brought togther with the main story. So there is not a great flow. It actually drags on and on. Then suddenly one finds
oneself in Canada and has to get emerged in length desciptions of Indian life at that time. I can understand that the author wanted to bring his home country and Indian tales, but what the hell has that all to do with a tale on Anne Boleyn? That is too twisted for my taste and not very convincing.

All in all I was disappointed with "Blood Ties" and I do hope that C.C. Humphreys let it rest there and does not continue with a third tale. The end already seems to indicate a possibility for that.

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best This Year, 24 Nov 2004
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This is a fast paced adventure novel based on a real historical person Jean Rombaud, whose claim to fame was the fact that he beheaded Anne Boleyn.

The book begins in 1555, it is nineteen years since the execution of England's queen, yet the mark of her witchery, her six fingered hand, stolen at her death is being sought as a weapon to use against her daughter Elizabeth.

Jean's son is now working for the inquisition in Rome and is summoned by Cardinal Carafa and ordered to find the hand of Anne Boleyn.

From the savagery of Sienna the book transports you to the New World, untouched by Europe's Christian hatred and sectism.

This is a delightful novel which blends historical fact with fantasy. One of the best I've read this year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best This Year, 26 Mar 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Ties: The Continuing Tale of the French Executioner (Hardcover)

This is a fast paced adventure novel based on a real historical person Jean Rombaud, whose claim to fame was the fact that he beheaded Anne Boleyn.

The book begins in 1555, it is nineteen years since the execution of England's queen, yet the mark of her witchery, her six fingered hand, stolen at her death is being sought as a weapon to use against her daughter Elizabeth.

Jean's son is now working for the inquisition in Rome and is summoned by Cardinal Carafa and ordered to find the hand of Anne Boleyn.

From the savagery of Sienna the book transports you to the New World, untouched by Europe's Christian hatred and sectism.

This is a delightful novel which blends historical fact with fantasy. One of the best I've read this year.
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