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(More customer reviews)There is something about the expanse of the Napoleonic Wars that invites a series; whether it is Bernard Cornwell's wonderful Richard Sharpe or Patrick O'Brian's finely crafted tales of adventures on the high seas.The canvas is too vast to limit to one book, unless it is War and Peace!
HOARE AND THE PORTSMOUTH ATROCITIES marks the beginning of a promising new series by Wilder Perkins. Naval Lieutenant Bartholomew Hoare, reluctantly sentenced to shore duty due to an incapacitating injury, finds himself emeshed first in the murder of a Naval Captain, which leads to even darker deeds of sabotage and espionage which cost the British Navy hundreds of lives. Hoare is drawn deeper into danger -- more danger than he had faced in battle, but he perseveres, and wins the day despite his handicap.
The mystery facing Hoare is intriguing enough, but I found the characters even more involving. Hoare is a wonderful hero; not perfect, but so human,and so vulnerable, that he is utterly charming. He loses his heart early in the novel to the equally charming Eleanor Graves, who is not beautiful,but intelligent and resourceful. I can see a fruitful partnership of hearts and minds in the future.
HOARE AND THE PORTSMOUTH ATROCITIES moves along briskly, wrapping up several mysteries in just over two hundred pages, but the flavor and charm linger in the readers' mind much longer. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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