- Mass Market Paperback: 451 pages
- Publisher: McArthur & Co; 1st mmpb edition (Jun 13 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1552782956
- ISBN-13: 978-1552782958
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #316,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In an age when human relics exercised great power over the minds of men, Jean Rombaud, Anne Boleyn's executioner, gains the most prized relic of all--Anne's six-fingered hand. With it comes a vow to the dead queen that he spends terrible effort trying to fulfill. A high-energy, highly theatrical tale, C.C. Humphrey's The French Executioner spans 16th-century Europe from England to Italy, Germany, and France. Jean, with the staunch heart of an old-fashioned superhero and a dangerous square-edged sword, receives loyal assistance from a cast of heroic characters: Haakon, an axe-wielding Norseman; the Fugger, a reformed midden-keeper; Januc, a Croatian mercenary; and, most importantly, Beck, a mysterious, dangerous Jew. Evil comes in the thoroughly treacherous form of the Archbishop of Siena, who has need of the famous hand for his nefarious experiments in alchemy. Scenes of Siena's Palio horse race are a highlight. This swashbuckling adventure tale has all the dubious coincidence typical of the genre as well as numerous fight scenes described in astonishing detail--what else would you expect from an author described as "a schoolboy fencing champion and fight choreographer"? --Mark Frutkin
--This text refers to the
Loose Leaf
edition.
Book Description
Jean Rombaud was the real-life executioner who beheaded Anne Boleyn - kindly brought over from France by Henry VIII to spare his wife unnecessary pain. In this irresistible historical adventure he is given the fictional treatment as he swears a vow to the ill-fated queen to bury her six-fingered hand - symbol of her rumoured witchery - at a sacred crossroads in France. But Europe is ravaged by religious war, and the hand of this feared, fabled, Protestant queen is so powerful a relic that another man will kill for it...
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
entertaining and original,
By Shemogue (New Brunswick) - See all my reviews
This review is from: French Executioner (Loose Leaf)
One of my high school teachers once opined that there was no future in writing historical novels because all the best ideas had already been taken.CC Humphreys has proven him wrong. He has lifted a nameless minor figure from one of the tragic tableaux of history -- the expert swordman specially sent for from France to cut off the head of Queen Anne Boleyn -- and made him the hero of his first novel "The French Executioner". He has also written a sequel, "Blood Ties", set twenty years later and focusing on the next generation. Perhaps not great literature, but certainly good entertainment: an original idea, well-researched and well-written.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Historical fiction at it's best!,
By Myron (Camrose,Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: French Executioner (Mass Market Paperback)
Simply put, one of the best books I have read this year, action, adventure, mystery, humour, romance, hints of the paranormal-just about everything I LOVE in a book and a sequel out right now too! How sweet it is! Don't miss out on reading this book! I devoured every word!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!,
By A Customer
This review is from: French Executioner (Mass Market Paperback)
I read the French Executionner awhile ago and it was awesome! I had been interested in Henry VIII and the Tudors since I was ten and this story was not only engaging and adventurous but it also had some historical content behind it. It may be hard for people with no prior knowledge of Anne Boleyn to understand it at the beginning but if you stick with it by the end of the book you will be dying to read its sequel Blood Ties.
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