The Judge Hunter
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The Judge Hunter

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Judge Hunter

About this book

The latest comic novel from Christopher Buckley, in which a hapless Englishman embarks on a dangerous mission to the New World in pursuit of two judges who helped murder a king. London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored and Charles II sits on the throne. The men who conspired to kill his father are either dead or disappeared. Baltasar "Balty" St. Michel is twenty-four and has no skills and no employment. He gets by on handouts from his brother-in-law Samuel Pepys, an officer in the king's navy.Fed up with his needy relative, Pepys offers Balty a job in the New World. He is to track down two missing judges who were responsible for the execution of the last king, Charles I. When Balty's ship arrives in Boston, he finds a strange country filled with fundamentalist Puritans, saintly Quakers, warring tribes of Indians, and rogues of every stripe. Helped by a man named Huncks, an agent of the Crown with a mysterious past, Balty travels colonial America in search of the missing judges. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Samuel Pepys prepares for a war with the Dutch that fears England has no chance of winning.Christopher Buckley's enchanting new novel spins adventure, comedy, political intrigue, and romance against a historical backdrop with real-life characters like Charles II, John Winthrop, and Peter Stuyvesant. Buckley's wit is as sharp as ever as he takes readers to seventeenth-century London and New England. We visit the bawdy court of Charles II, Boston under the strict Puritan rule, and New Amsterdam back when Manhattan was a half-wild outpost on the edge of an unmapped continent. The Judge Hunter is a smart and swiftly plotted novel that transports readers to a new world.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2018
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781501192524
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. 1. London, February 1664
  5. 2. Downing
  6. 3. Our Own Brave Balty
  7. 4. March 2nd
  8. 5. Baltee ’ates Boats
  9. 6. March 4th
  10. 7. The Devil’s Own Work
  11. 8. A Whole Different Kettle of Nasty
  12. 9. The Chelsey Trollop
  13. 10. What a Dreadful Story
  14. 11. May 23rd
  15. 12. Narragansetts Coming In
  16. 13. A Bit of a Tit
  17. 14. So-Big-Study-Man
  18. 15. Hide the Outcasts
  19. 16. What, Only Five Pounds?
  20. 17. Mr. Fish
  21. 18. Pepys in a Pickle
  22. 19. How Clever of God
  23. 20. May 28th
  24. 21. The Razor’s Edge
  25. 22. Integendeel
  26. 23. Promise?
  27. 24. A Fish for Mr. Fish
  28. 25. Ghosts
  29. 26. June 30th
  30. 27. Vengeance is Mine
  31. 28. Mrs. Cobb’s Flower Beds
  32. 29. Doctor Pell
  33. 30. Underhill is Critical
  34. 31. August 2nd
  35. 32. The Belt
  36. 33. The Cincinnatus of Long Island
  37. 34. August 4th
  38. 35. Being English
  39. 36. August 15th
  40. 37. Old Petrus
  41. 38. Chez Bouwerie Number One
  42. 39. August 20th
  43. 40. Too Kind
  44. 41. Very Good Surgeon
  45. 42. Parley
  46. 43. Cincinnatus Agonistes
  47. 44. Well Done, Koontzy
  48. 45. This Englishman, Not Gone
  49. 46. A Fine Summer Day
  50. 47. No Quaker Nonsense
  51. 48. Oh, Do Get Up
  52. 49. Repent
  53. 50. Don’t Be a Tit
  54. Epilogue: November 24th, 1664
  55. Historical Notes
  56. Sources
  57. Acknowledgments
  58. About the Author
  59. Copyright

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