When someone begins a killing spree on Napoleon's personal sentries, captured British agent Alan Hepburn finds himself forced not only to assist with the investigation but also to match wits with the Emperor and his chief of police, the wily Fouche. In Captain Cut-Throat Carr's trademark combination of sudden death and captivating historical re-creation is at its best.
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Enjoyable historical adventure mystery,
This review is from: Captain Cut-Throat (Carr, John Dickson) (Paperback)
Captain Cut-Throat is an enjoyable historical whodunit/adventure which has all the elements one expects from the novels of John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson): fast-paced narrative, delicious humour, playful sexyness and, of course, locked-room mysteries. Nevertheless, it is not among the most typical of Carr's works, as it is one of his few historical adventures (of which the best is probably The Devil in Velvet, set in the Victorian England and featuring early Scotland Yard). Swordplay and general swashbuckling and romancing actually seem take more importance than solving the murder puzzles. While Napoleon's armies are getting ready to cross Channel and invade England, a ghost-like murderer begins to stalk soldiers and guards of the invasion army. A young British spy is blackmailed by the French secret service to uncover the murderer.
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Napoleonic Thriller,
This review is from: Captain Cut-Throat (Carr, John Dickson) (Paperback)
An adventure / espionage thriller set during the Napoleonic Wars, and on the eve of the invasion of Britain. Plenty of tension and action, including a splendid scene at the Field of Balloons, and a lightning-fast and razor-sharp duel of wits between the hero and Joseph Fouché culminating in the staggering revelation of Captain Cut-Throat, but there is far more riding and rescuing than ratiocination, so the book does not really compare with the more detection-oriented historical novels.
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Along the whole length of the Iron Coast, from Alprech Point to Cape Gris-Nez, five out of seven corps of the Grand Army breathed the salt air of the English Channel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Minister of Police, Captain Cutthroat, Park of Statues, Ida de Sainte-Elme, Alan Hepburn, Grand Army, Vicomte de Bergerac, Captain Mercier, Room of Mirrors, Field of the Balloons, Madame de Sainte-Elme, Corporal Chavasse, Imperial Guard, Hans Schneider, Lucy Hopewell, Forest of Boulogne, Boulogne Camp, Hussars of Bercy, Sergeant Benet, Sleeping Cat, General Savary, Raoul Levasseur, Gideon Hopewell, Lieutenant Ravelle, Citizen Minister New!
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Along the whole length of the Iron Coast, from Alprech Point to Cape Gris-Nez, five out of seven corps of the Grand Army breathed the salt air of the English Channel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lord viscount, red eyebrows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Minister of Police, Captain Cutthroat, Park of Statues, Ida de Sainte-Elme, Alan Hepburn, Grand Army, Vicomte de Bergerac, Captain Mercier, Room of Mirrors, Field of the Balloons, Madame de Sainte-Elme, Corporal Chavasse, Imperial Guard, Hans Schneider, Lucy Hopewell, Forest of Boulogne, Boulogne Camp, Hussars of Bercy, Sergeant Benet, Sleeping Cat, General Savary, Raoul Levasseur, Gideon Hopewell, Lieutenant Ravelle, Citizen Minister New!
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- The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by John Dickson Carr in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Devil in Velvet (1994 Ed) by John Dickson Carr in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Bride of Newgate by John Dickson Carr in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Nine Wrong Answers (Carr, John Dickson) by John Dickson Carr in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Dark of the Moon (Carr, John Dickson) by John Dickson Carr in Front Matter
- The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (The Mammoth Book Series) by Mike Ashley in Back Matter
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