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Jack Absolute [Hardcover]

C C Humphreys (Author)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: B C A PUBLISHING (2003)
  • ASIN: B000JWJSQG
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ace story 4 July 2006
By charles devoir
Format:Paperback
I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and love this guy's work. Humphreys writes at a breakneck pace and provides us with hugely entertaining characters and action. The opening sequence where Jack finds that a pal has been less than discrete with his name is one of the finest and funniest scenes in the genre.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Cracker 30 Aug 2010
By Bootneck
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. As the story unfold the book got better for me. Like people have said in other books reviews the twists just keep coming right up to the end. The book reminded me of the film Last of the mohicans. I would definitely recommend this book to my friends and already brought the next one. I think that this would actually make a good movie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Twists right up to the end... 1 Oct 2009
By E. H. VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Jack Absolute is the first of a trilogy with two prequels but I decided to read them in the order they were written. I think this would be appealing to most people, lots of fighting for the more action loving people and a complicated love story for the romantics. There are some twists I didn't see coming or didn't want to see but these kept me guessing right up to the end. I would recommend it and have already got the next one myself.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A new and most welcome hero 12 May 2008
By R. Nicholson-morton
Format:Paperback
The period of the American Revolution - and in particular the year these events take place, 1777 - is filled with adventure and intrigue, when the English troops and the rebels recruited Native Americans to their cause. And of course the French, still smarting at being bested in Canada, are only too keen to side with the rebels to wrest the colony from the Crown. It is a time when colonial families are split, some being loyal to the Crown while others want freedom. Into this powder-keg strides a new and most welcome hero, Jack Absolute.

Jack has an interesting history, although we only snatch a few glimpses of it in this eponymous novel, which promises to be the first of a series. Several years before the events in this book, Jack was captured then adopted by the Iroquois, learning their language and way of life. Now, he is recruited to rally these warriors to the Crown's cause.

Unfortunately, there's a spy in the English army and Jack must also find this spy and kill him.

Well-researched, exciting and a quick read, Jack Absolute contains plenty of ingredients to keep your interest. Clearly knowledgeable about sword-play, Humphreys inflicts a London duel on his hero at the beginning of the story and this contest echoes and haunts Jack even in the new continent. Humphreys is an actor and it was while playing Jack Absolute in Sheridan's The Rivals that he became captivated by the character. The man wouldn't let him be, so eventually he conceded and this adventure is the result. Thus Jack returns from adventuring in India to find his name and earlier exploits have been used by Sheridan in his new play ...... Read more ›
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Average historical thriller 8 Feb 2006
By Graham R. Hill VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I didn't enjoy this as much as the subsequent prequel which I read first - if you follow me. In particular I found the ending both unconvincing and confusing. I was never clear as to how many different sides there had been, let alone who had been on whose.

I think the Bond tag comes from the author having ripped off a famous scene from Goldfinger (the film) almost verbatim.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read 26 Nov 2004
By J. Chippindale TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I felt that this book was not quite as good as C. C. Humphries previous 2 novels (The French Executioner and Blood Ties), but it is still well worth a read.

The book depicts a period in history later than the previous 2 novels 1777, after years away from England Jack returns to London to find that he has become famous as a character in a hit comedy "The Rivals" in which the playwright Richard Sheridan has stolen his name and made him the leading character.

This does nothing to help Jack in his chosen profession of spying.

Jack had retired, but has to resume his spying when a duel over an actress forces him to seek shelter with his old commander who has been put in charge of an army and ordered to lead them from Canada to crush the American revolution.

Jack must fight not only revolutionaries, but opponents closer to hand, a sinister secret society.

The author has the knack of making his books interesting and informative and also easy reading at the same time.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Light Action-packed Reading 6 Feb 2006
By Spy Groove
Format:Hardcover
Handsome, tall, more-than-ordinary hero forced to help the Royal Army, against the American rebels. Not to be left out were the usual companions such as an Indian sidekick, an eccentric superior, a lovely lady and of course, a vile villain. A light and quick read with some very good action scenes. And just like all action stories, there was always that last minute twist that would save the day (most at least).

While the code breakings were interesting enough, the turn of events reminds me so much of a movie, Secret Life of Ian Fleming. No wonder it has an addition title: The 007 of the 1770s. Jack was like James Bond. Lady's man, charming, playboy, etc though I must say that the espionage aspect was not too engaging as the book neared its end. Jack somehow become a hotheaded person, without any present of mind or that's why one of his nicknames was Fool? He was more like an amateur in the end. Overall, it's a good historical-action-novel with a light touch on the espionage professionalism.

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