One to Watch - Authonomy.
The sequel to The Last Roundhead is still in its early stages. I'm abbout halfway through the first draft, but the early chapters have got some notice from Harper Collins on Authonomy. They have picked it as 'One to Watch' for this week. Here's their review.
I first came across this a few weeks ago. Spotting it in the forums prompted me to revisit it, as I had enjoyed the opening scenes.
It takes a certain confidence and mastery of one's subject matter to write entertaining and convincing historical fiction. Jemahl Evans certainly fulfills those criteria, as a history teacher with an MA in the subject.
God's Captain is the sequel to The Last Roundhead, which is to be published by Holland House Books later this year. His writing is well paced, humorous and action filled.
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In a time of Civil War and betrayal, one drunken fop could be the difference between victory and defeat.
Captain Blandford Candy (The Last Roundhead) battles with divided loyalties, splintered factions, and a broken family, in the bitterness of England's Civil War. All whilst one man rises up to shake a nation by the throat.
From the Battles of Newbury and Marston Moor, to the splendour of Renaissance Amsterdam, Blandford uncovers Royalist plots, gold smugglers, and a vindictive Queen after his head.
Flashman meets the Three Musketeers, in a picaresque romp through the English Civil War.
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While not in the same league as Fraiser's classic The Flashman Papers, they are of a similar style. Irreverent, playful, enjoyable stories, based on historically accurate events. Evans's fast paced and vividly portrayed battle scenes remind me of Bernard Cornwell'sSharpe series. The dialogue occasionally strays too far into the vernacular of the time for my tastes but it may grow on me and it adds something to the humour. Either way, if you enjoy an historical romp. This is definitely worth a read.
