The Dead Men
Volume 2
Published on 2. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-1-83895-347-8 (ISBN)
Description
'A vivid, gripping story, beautifully handled, with a gem on every page' - Tracy Chevalier
'Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile.' - S. W. Perry
'Vibrant, twisting and compelling' - Minette Walters
'Excellent writing, intricate plotting and masterful senses of place and time make Harvey's books compulsive reads.' - Historia
Summer 1630. The Swedish army is fighting its way down through Germany, with Jack Fiskardo and his company of scouts, or 'discoverers', fighting the guerrilla war ahead of the main advance. There are new allies to be made, new perils to overcome, new enemies to outwit and new adventures to pursue; but there is also a fortune for the taking, a mystery to be solved, and a destiny to fulfil - one that will see Jack brought face-to-face at last with his sworn enemy, Carlo Fantom. And in the wintry forests of Bohemia, that destiny will present Jack with an almost impossible choice - does he pursue his final vengeance, or does he turn aside, to help a child as helpless as he once was himself?
'Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile.' - S. W. Perry
'Vibrant, twisting and compelling' - Minette Walters
'Excellent writing, intricate plotting and masterful senses of place and time make Harvey's books compulsive reads.' - Historia
Summer 1630. The Swedish army is fighting its way down through Germany, with Jack Fiskardo and his company of scouts, or 'discoverers', fighting the guerrilla war ahead of the main advance. There are new allies to be made, new perils to overcome, new enemies to outwit and new adventures to pursue; but there is also a fortune for the taking, a mystery to be solved, and a destiny to fulfil - one that will see Jack brought face-to-face at last with his sworn enemy, Carlo Fantom. And in the wintry forests of Bohemia, that destiny will present Jack with an almost impossible choice - does he pursue his final vengeance, or does he turn aside, to help a child as helpless as he once was himself?
Reviews / Votes
A vivid, gripping story, beautifully handled, with a gem on every page. I'm full of admiration, if not a little envy at Harvey's confidence; she knows exactly what she's doing. -- Tracy Chevalier * Tracy Chevalier * Vibrant, twisting and compelling. The Dead Men will appeal to old and new fans of Jack Fiskardo as he fights for Protestantism in a 17th Century Europe, ravaged by war. This is a series worth following! -- Minette Walters Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile. -- S. W. Perry * S. W. Perry * [A] marvellous [...] intelligently written romp through history -- NB Magazine * NB Magazine (THE SILVER WOLF) * Multi-layered, compelling and intriguing, The Silver Wolf draws us into the murky underbelly of Europe's Thirty Years' War. -- Minette Walters * Minette Walters (on THE SILVER WOLF) * Excellent writing, intricate plotting and masterful senses of place and time make Harvey's books compulsive reads. -- Frances Owen * Historia *More details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 183 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83895-347-8 (9781838953478)
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02/2023
Atlantic Books
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Person
J. C. Harvey is the fiction pen-name for Jacky Colliss Harvey. After studying English at Cambridge, and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Jacky worked in museum publishing for twenty years, first at the National Portrait Gallery and then at the Royal Collection Trust, where she set up the Trust's first commercial publishing programme. The extraordinary history of the Thirty Years War (1618-48) and of 17th-century Europe has been an obsession of hers for as long as she can remember. She made her fiction debut with THE SILVER WOLF in 2022, a historical novel longlisted for the 2022 HWA Debut Crown Awards, and described by Tracy Chevalier as 'superb storytelling'.