Title: Gallows Thief
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publication: 1 October 2001
Format: Kindle ebook
The year is 1820. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, returns to London to wed his fiancée. But instead of settling down to fame and glory, he finds himself penniless in a country where high unemployment and social unrest rage, and where men—innocent or guilty—are hanged for the merest of crimes.
When he's offered a job as private investigator to re-open the case of a painter due to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit, Sandman readily accepts—as much for the money as for a chance to see justice done in a country gone to ruins.
Soon, however, he's mired in a grisly murder plot that keeps thickening. Sandman makes his way through gentlemen's clubs and shady taverns, aristocratic mansions, and fashionable painters' studios determined to rescue the innocent young man from the rope. But someone doesn't want the truth revealed.
Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff
Last week I received a $25 gift card from work for being "Employee of the Month" for June. I used it to nab five Bernard Cornwell books from ThriftBooks ... which pushed me over the rewards edge for a free book ... so now there are six Cornwells on the way from ThriftBooks ... at least four or five more already on my shelves at home ...
and then there's this one : Gallows Thief.
I don't know why I didn't grab one of the ones I already own and, instead, opted to download this on Hoopla thanks to my library ... and I ended up ordering a hard copy anyway. I will likely be done with the ebook long before the paperback could possibly arrive, but by the time I had hit the 10% mark I knew that it was one that I would have to own.
If you don't already know Bernard Cornwell, he's the mastermind behind the books that became The Last Kingdom on Netflix ... and the far-too-short-lived Sharpe which I will eventually binge on BritBox ... and the first installment of his Warlord Chronicles Arthurian-legend-based trilogy is currently in production in Wales.
The man is a freaking historical rockstar.
This is not fluffy brain candy, kids.
Do not attempt unless you want your life to be overthrown.
****************************************************************
"Teaser Tuesday" at The Purple Booker asks for a random line or two from anywhere in the book currently being read.
3 comments:
I've never tried this author but, I know he is quite popular. I've been trying to read new to me authors more often in 2022.
Tempting! I can almost smell that stench, though, LOL. Thanks for sharing. Here 's mine: “THE SHOP ON ROYAL STREET”
Very descriptive excerpts. I haven't read this author but it does sound good.
Post a Comment