The blooding of Jack Absolute
By: C.C. Humphreys
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780753174357; 9780753174364
Subjects: Seven Years' War, 1756-1763; Fiction
Description: Amongst the debauched aristocracy of eighteenth-century London, life is easy for the handsome young Jack Absolute. The only risks he faces appear on the cricket field, in the billiard hall, or in the boudoirs of the city's courtesans. Yet despite his carousing, he hopes for something more, and plans to give it all up for college in Cambridge and a promising career. His future success is assured, as long as he can stay out of trouble for one more night. ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Orion.

Includes bibliographical references.