My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War
The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, master of disguise, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jacky Faber has been captured by the French and beheaded in full view of her friends and crew.Inconceivable? Yes! The truth is she’s secretly forced to pose as an American dancer behind enemy lines in...
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The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, master of disguise, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jacky Faber has been captured by the French and beheaded in full view of her friends and crew.Inconceivable? Yes! The truth is she’s secretly forced to pose as an American dancer behind enemy lines in Paris, where she entices a French general into revealing military secretsall to save her dear friends. Then, in intrepid Jacky Faber style, she dons male clothing and worms her way into a post as galloper with the French army, ultimately leading a team of men to fight alongside the great Napoleon.In this sixth installment of the Bloody Jack Adventures series, love and war collide as the irrepressible Jacky Faber sets off on a daring adventure she vowed she’d never take.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152061876 (0152061878)
Publish date: September 1st 2008
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 436
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Humor,
Funny,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
France,
Pirates
Series: Bloody Jack (#6)
More over-the-top adventures of Jacky Faber. She is thrown into the thick of one of Napoleon's campaigns by way of the British Intelligence. Usually I don't mind the anachronistic flow of narrative, but did she say "suck it up"? - Hmmmph. Also I was a little creeped out when one character linger...