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Fletcher and the Great Raid (Fletcher Adventures Book 4)

Fletcher and the Great Raid (Fletcher Adventures Book 4)

byJohn Drake
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JMN
4.0 out of 5 starsMore adventores of Jacob Fletcher. Highly recommended
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on March 6, 2023
How many times can Fletcher escape hanging? Great story with surprise ending!
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R. Clarke
2.0 out of 5 starsIf you're looking for a new Patrick O'Brian, keep looking
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on April 9, 2017
I've probably been spoiled by Patrick O'Brian but this didn't work for me at all and I gave up before the end.
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JMN
4.0 out of 5 stars More adventores of Jacob Fletcher. Highly recommended
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on March 6, 2023
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How many times can Fletcher escape hanging? Great story with surprise ending!
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A. Steven Toby
4.0 out of 5 stars Improbable but Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on April 15, 2020
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Jacob Fletcher, the hero of this series, launches into another wild adventure, protesting the whole time that he really wants to be a merchant and not a naval officer. He finds a sponsor who is a spymaster and gets him promoted for a daring attack on French soil in the time when Napoleon is just getting ready to roll through Italy. The action is superbly integrated with actual history with a few characters, like Lord Howe, who really commanded a British fleet that won a stunning victory over the French and it really was on June 1. But many shipsโ€™ names are clearly made up, such as the 3 frigates named after the banks of oars on a trireme. While itโ€™s true that early steam engineers tried to develop a steam carriage this was somewhat later and it wasnโ€™t successful compared to an engine on rails, so I am skeptical that the Scottish traitors who tried to introduce steam power into revolutionary France could have a basis in fact.
I was a little disappointed that Lady Coignwood, a superb villain in the previous books of the series, does not appear at all. Can it be that mr Drake is going to let her usurp Fletcherโ€™s inheritance? While characterization of the hero motivates him to not want the fortune, still I hoped he would deprive Lady Sarah of it somehow.
But despite these problems the book is shockingly addictive with plots within plots. The background is right for Napoleonic times and the action is nonstop on land and sea. The way the author tells the story is first person as an old man nearing his 100th birthday, dictating it to a scholarly assistant whose initials we get to know well as, writing shortly after Fletchers death, he inserts both snide and helpful comments in square brackets. This gives the tale a certain Victorian feel which is appropriate somehow. But when reading the first book itโ€™s possible to imagine the story was fact based, itโ€™s clear from subsequent books that Jacob Fletcher is a fictional character and somewhat less believable than Horatio Hornblower. It doesnโ€™t matter. The story is a delight for anyone at all interested in the period.
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glimmer twin1
5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating read
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on September 8, 2022
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A grand adventure grounded in actual events of our hero Fletcher. Its a non stop page turner which never slows down nor gets old. The author maximizes the notes to their fullest extent. Hope the ride never ends
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hlhzimm
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on June 1, 2022
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This book was a little bit different from your average swashbuckler. It involved a naval officer who is very well thought of but wanted more than anything else take it out of the Navy. The story is exciting and very interesting. It was one of those books that I was sorry when it was over
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Anonymous
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on December 15, 2021
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I found this volume to be the better one so far. The story is less confusing and focused on the Jacob Fletcher character. We also get a better idea of the future path to fame/fortune for our hero.

On to the next chapter.
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Kaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book so far in the series.
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on June 21, 2022
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I have enjoyed the series so far and this one the most. Iโ€™m not sure how historically correct the series is, so itโ€™s a little disappointing not to get a little historical summary at the end of each book.
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Mike Brett
5.0 out of 5 stars On Fletcher
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on June 12, 2022
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Excellent work; I only wish there were more of them! Drake is one of the best! Look forward to his other works!
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Michael D. Haberman
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on February 2, 2022
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This book was a pleasure to read. It took us away from a previous story line that we needed a break from. This one shows the talent of Jacob Fletcher and his inherit goodness, a necessary quality of a hero.
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Book Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Now this was naval action
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on April 26, 2017
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The first three books in this series were good stories, but they just seemed to lack the naval action found in other books about the Age of Sail. This one makes up for that in a big way, Fletcher has made it to the position of Post Captain in the British Navy at an accelerated rate, which was unusual however not unheard of. This time Fletcher is involved in an operation to stop the French from developing steam power to aid their invasion of England. Big spoiler here they stop the French plan of invasion in its tracks. How they do this can only be told by reading the book. If you like stories set during the Napoleonic wars then pick up a copy and read a great action story in this book.
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Sam B. Wagner
5.0 out of 5 stars France steals Watts plans for Steam Engines and threatens an invasion of England
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on February 7, 2017
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A group of renegade Scotsmen join forces with the French revolutionaries to build steam engines for the French Republic to use in barges to tow troops, horses, cannon and war across the English Channel when there is no wind for English ships. The only option for the English is to destroy the factories, inventors and huge canal and its locks before French defenses can be completed and troops garrisoned. A daunting task left to Fletcher, a mysterious yet powerful ally and British forces landed on the beaches. A page-turning slice of reality, great fun, and well worth the time.
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