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Irresistible Jack Absolute: A Free Preview
Introducing the unforgettable Jack Absolute...
FREE PREVIEW! From acclaimed author C.C. Humphreys comes this thrilling excerpt from Jack Absolute, the first in "the finest series of historical novels since Patrick O'Brian" (Good Book Guide UK). This edition also features audio clips from the author.
It's 1777 and London is starry-eyed over Captain Jack Absolute, the dashing, swashbuckling rogue in Richard Sheridan's comedy The Rivals. This news comes as a shock to the real Jack Absolute when he arrives in England after four months at sea. But there's little time for outrage before Jack finds himself dueling for his life. His only escape is one he most dreads: pressed into the King's service as a British spy in the American Revolutionary War. From the streets of London, to the pivotal battle of Saratoga, to a hunt for a double agent in Philadelphia, Jack Absolute marks the exhilarating beginning of an epic historical trilogy and a character you won't soon forget.
This free ebook short includes:
To the Reader
Chapter One: An Affair of Honor
Chapter Two: Theatre Royal
Chapter Three: The Duel
Chapter Four: Ghosts
Chapter Five: Reunion
"C.C. Humphreys takes you into a swashbuckling world you won't want to leave."-Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth
"An absolute delight! Swashbuckling, adventure, eighteenth-century wit, hugely entertaining plots and one of the most appealing military gentlemen ever to wear a sword."-Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander and Lord john Grey series
"Who can resist a novel that opens with a duel and introduces a hero who deciphers coded messages, spots Masonic signals a mile off, speaks fluent Iroquois, slips into a loincloth in a trice, wins a fair lady, and faces hanging with flair?"-The Boston Sunday Globe
"Suave, sexy, and superhuman, Jack could be an eighteenth-century prototype for James Bond. The author's affectionate, theatrical tale sets up his dashing hero and faithful sidekick for a long series. Much derring-do, told with panache."-Kirkus
- GenresHistorical Fiction
73 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 10, 2013
About the author
C.C. Humphreys
30 books457 followersaka Chris Humphreys
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys was born in Toronto, lived till he was seven in Los Angeles, then grew up in the UK. All four grandparents were actors, and since his father was an actor as well, it was inevitable he would follow the bloodline.
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, waltzed in London’s West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina, and is a dead immortal in Highlander. He has written eleven adult novels including The French Executioner, runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; Chasing the Wind; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad – The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon and Shakespeare’s Rebel – which he adapted into a play and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. His epic fantasy series the Immortals’ Blood Trilogy, beginning with Smoke in the Glass' has just been published by Gollancz. He also published his other fantasy series, The Tapestry Trilogy, beginning in August 2020 with ‘The Hunt of the Unicorn’. His foray into modern crime, 'One London Day' was published in 2021. Hie new novel, the World War Two epic romance, 'Someday I'll Find You' is published by Doubleday in Canada on June 6, 2023.
Several of his novels are available as Audiobooks - read by himself! Find him here:
https://www.authorchrishumphreys.com/...
He is translated into thirteen languages. In 2015 he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia.
Check out his website: http://authorchrishumphreys.com
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys was born in Toronto, lived till he was seven in Los Angeles, then grew up in the UK. All four grandparents were actors, and since his father was an actor as well, it was inevitable he would follow the bloodline.
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, waltzed in London’s West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina, and is a dead immortal in Highlander. He has written eleven adult novels including The French Executioner, runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; Chasing the Wind; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad – The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon and Shakespeare’s Rebel – which he adapted into a play and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. His epic fantasy series the Immortals’ Blood Trilogy, beginning with Smoke in the Glass' has just been published by Gollancz. He also published his other fantasy series, The Tapestry Trilogy, beginning in August 2020 with ‘The Hunt of the Unicorn’. His foray into modern crime, 'One London Day' was published in 2021. Hie new novel, the World War Two epic romance, 'Someday I'll Find You' is published by Doubleday in Canada on June 6, 2023.
Several of his novels are available as Audiobooks - read by himself! Find him here:
https://www.authorchrishumphreys.com/...
He is translated into thirteen languages. In 2015 he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia.
Check out his website: http://authorchrishumphreys.com
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December 16, 2013
The period is early in the Revolutionary war with England and Jack Absolute is back in England attending a play by his friend Sheridan. He meets with General Burgoyne his one time commander who is trying to get him to rejoin the service for the campaign in the US. Jack has other interests and declines, he then goes backstage to meet one of the actresses to explain that he is leaving on a ship in the morning. A The meeting turns “Romantic” which interrupts the ongoing play and draws the attention of a young officer and dandy who ends up challenging Jack to a Duel. Jack wins the duel, drawing first blood but then has to hurriedly leave the scene as the law is closing in. In his escape he “Providently” meets a carriage with the General and being informed that he will be arrested if he stays around, he joins the General on his voyage to Canada to begin the campaign. This is where the story ends being just a teaser of sorts, but enough to peak my interest and I plan to follow Jacks adventures.
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