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The Unfortunate Colonel Despard (Hardcover)
by Mike Jay (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (1 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0593051955
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593051955
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 387,665 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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'Compelling . . . Jay weaves a complex variety of themes, many with overtly topical resonances, into Despard's journey.'

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An echo from the past, 1 Nov 2004
Colonel Despard was a moral, upright man, whom the Government of the day mistreated and then crushed, in a particularly horrible way, because of political expediency. There is an echo from the past that our times might heed there.
Mike Jay's telling of the story is better on Despard's earlier years than his later ones, probably because there is more information available for the early years. When Despard slipped out of public view -- either for his own purposes or through circumstance -- then the documentary evidence of his life fell away too. Consequently Jay has to rely on speculation and some judicious background painting to do his narrative job for him in the second half of the book.
That having been said it is a gripping story, well told and with local colour skilfully added in. But slightly thinner than is necessary to give a really satisfying read.
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