City Travel Guides
Home Page > Go back a page
Books : Rules of War (Jack Steel 2)
Search Books - select a category
See Larger Image |
Rules of War (Jack Steel 2) by: Iain Gale List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780007253555 ISBN: 0007253559 Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: April 01, 2008 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 68891 Related Items:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Synopsis: Jack Steel, first met in Man of Honour, is a splendid hero on a new and dangerous mission. Perfect for all fans of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe. MEET JACK STEEL - GENTLEMAN, SOLDIER, HERO. In the early eighteenth century, the British army led by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, were the leaders of a wide-ranging and very successful alliance. Jack Steel, maverick gentleman, superb soldier, was in the middle of any fight. Ramilles 1706. One of the great victories of the British army, a signal battle honour for the regiments who were there. But for Captain Steel, standing at the head of his Grenadiers, sinking into the swampy ground, at odds with his Allied partners and receiving contradictory orders, it was hard to see the General, Lord Marlborough's grand stratagem. Even after victory, Steel finds himself mired in further difficulties. The Allies had thought that they were liberating the Low Countries but some preferred their previous masters, the French, who at least were Catholic, and some wanted independence from all powers, while others of his fellow officers wanted out of the war altogether.Far from the battle lines he enjoys, Jack Steel is sent undercover to discover and deal with the traitors.He needs to identify the loyal locals who would help a few British advance troops into the besieged city - a dangerous mission made deadly by his identification by an old enemy of his and the brilliant malevolence of the renegade French pirate who is in charge of Ostende. Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Dissapointment.I cannot but feel let down after reading this book. After the first Jack Steel novel, yes there were obvious reasons why it should be compared to the Sharpe adventures, but has a good yarn I felt it had good merit, and stood up very well on its own. This second novel lacked pace ( except towards the end )and certainly was nowhere has good a read has the first. Lets hope Mr Gale third one regains the momentum. Mike D. Rating:  - It is a vast improvement from the first book... good old swashbuckling!As action&war novels are concerned (specially British pulp) you could of course take your pick... and this is one of the most recent sagas. I have always found a GOOD historical background helps a lot, and that Mr. Gale provides, but also (and a thing which sometimes is sadly forgotten by his fellow writers...) it MUST HAVE A THRILLING PLOT... and for once from the middle of the book onwards this happens to my satisfaction... the first part of the book is not bad but trodes upon the same ground as the first book of the series... but once you start thinking "it would be more of the same..." the action evolves to a fast paced swashbuckling plot full of "baddies" (at their nastiest) and without telling you too much (I do not like spoilers ... Read More: |
|