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Fletcher and the Blue Star (Fletcher Adventures Book 6) Kindle Edition

by John Drake (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566 ratings
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It is 1800 and Jacob Fletcher’s plans for a career in trade are once again dashed by the allure of ocean adventures.

Sent to America as a roving ambassador, Fletcher finds himself caught up in one of his most demanding challenges yet, fighting against the robust French Navy. It is during this epic battle that Fletcher first sees the Blue Star, a diamond to surpass all others.

Determined to find the source of the diamond, Fletcher embarks on a journey through Africa, where he finds himself entangled in a new and dangerous enterprise: providing weaponry, and fighting side by side with Prince Inyathi, the Buffalo, a Zulu leader, who is battling against the tribes from the Arabian Peninsula. Fearsome Zulus, witchcraft and even love stands in Fletcher’s way as he navigates the diamond mines and works to secure safe passage back to England.

This action-packed adventure is the sixth book in the Fletcher series.

Praise for John Drake:

‘Broad comedy, high drama, plenty of action, a pinch of sex... the genre has room for this cheerily debunking outsider’ - Daily Mail

‘Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas doesn't get much better than this … John Drake writes beautifully, and you'll be torn between savoring the words and quickly flipping the pages. Any favorable comparison to Stevenson or Patrick O'Brian is totally justified’ - Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09HXTMRL1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (December 9, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 9, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3450 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566 ratings

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Hallo,

Before all else: Latest books.

THE DEATH RAY, out this March: 1930's secret agents, stylish women, Nazis, Art Deco, and of course the machine itself which knocks aircraft out of the air and explodes human flesh. Hitler wants it and the British and Americans are determined that he won't get it.

FLETCHER AND THE CONSTITUTION, available later this year: one for lovers of Hornblower, Flashman, and the Georgian Navy. I wrote it for all the kind readers who read THE COMPLETE FLETCHER ADVENTURES, and asked for more. This time, in 1805, the very existence of the USA is threatened by a dastardly Russian plot to invalidate the US Constitution and capture Washington.

Meanwhile:

I' always thought I was a London cockney until reflecting on the fact that I was born in Hitchin Hertfordshire, which strictly means that I do not meet the qualification for being a cockney, which is to be born within sound of the bells of Saint Mary Le Bow, in East London, and Hitchin is too far away for that.

Reason for that? Look up 'Doodlebugs', or 'V1 missile' on Google. In 1944 they were falling on London, and there was an evacuation of vulnerable people including pregnant women - including my mother - who were sent to safety in places like Hitchin.

So yes, I really am that old, and despite not really being a cockney, I did grow up in London's cockney east end. Thus I've been making up stories ever since I spent half an hour each day walking from Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, East (where I lived) to the Central Foundation Boys' school. And then another half an hour each day walking back. The bus was quicker, but I walked, and my imagination ran free to make up stories because I have a fountain in my head, which never stops.

At the moment I'm busy writing NORTH OF LONDINIUM, as a sequel to my LONDINIUM series set in Roman London in 100AD, concerning the adventures of Ikaros of Apollonis, a mind-reading Greek slave and brilliant detective, together with his comrade Morganus, First Javelin of the Twentieth Legion.

Thanks for reading this far. And I hope you like the books because I loved writing them

All best, John Drake.

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Craig Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Leaves me wanting more
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023
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Anyone who likes a good read will enjoy this. It caused me to look up things as I read, learning as I went. The book caused my mind to work, it made think and look forward to the next page, and his next book.
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A. Steven Toby
4.0 out of 5 stars Captain Fletcher’s Far Flung Mission
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022
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Jacob Fletcher continues having adventures within a loose framework of the Napoleonic Wars. This one is a complex web of intrigue spun out in wide ranging locations and conditions and that’s both a strength and a weakness. The tale begins in two threads that are not obviously related and from the reader’s point of view gather speed rather slowly. I recommend the reader persevere! By halfway through, it becomes obsessive and you’re turning pages as fast as possible to see how it works out.

It’s important to realize this is only loosely based on fact. Neither the action in the Gulf of St. Lawrence nor those in Southern Africa took place in that period, but both show the author is familiar with both Québécois and Zulu cultures. The author quotes from historical documents that seem to be authentic but I believe they are mostly fiction, so readers should view this as entertainment and not a historical novel like the Hornblower series. It might help those of a certain age to recall their youth and imagine this as a comic book, more a caricature than a piece of history. But, it’s a very absorbing comic book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jacky Flash Prevails When Ordinary Men Might Fold
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2022
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He's the Sgt Quincannon or the Royal Navy and he is put to the test agaim,,,and again. And the trials he endures and overcomes get more dangerous with each new assignment. His candor and expressions are always entertaining and forthright. A hard book to put down! But then the first 5 of this Fletcher series were as well. Hoping for the next adventures of Jacky Flash to come out soon.
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Alex the Antique Auto Guy
5.0 out of 5 stars A rollicking tale!
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2022
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This is not a quiet, contemplative history of the Royal Navy in the 1800s, it is an historical fiction. A fun read with impatient interruptions by the "original " chronicle maker who has his own point of view.

Enjoy the changes of scenery and the stories "my jolly boys."
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Anonymous
4.0 out of 5 stars Another good book.
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2021
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I have to admit to be hooked on the Fletcher story line. The only reason I don’t give it five stars is that every story gets ‘embedded’ with lots of background detail that could be shortened.
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glimmer twin1
5.0 out of 5 stars impossible to believe but what a tale
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2022
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Such a vibrant and exciting story from end to end. Its hard believe everything but who cares its a lot of fun.
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Edward
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Series
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022
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Takes awhile to get into but the story grows with the telling. Clever twists and turns, one after another. Stayed up too late reading The Blue Star.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay tale
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2023
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First half of the story is fun - 2nd half is a version of King Solomon's Mines with a blood bath and improbable and rather dull love story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Feedback
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2024
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Excellent earthy spellbinding reading
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TedwardMale over 60
5.0 out of 5 stars Another ripping yarn.
Reviewed in Australia on May 5, 2022
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Thanks Mr Drake for yet another Fletcher adventure. Please keep them coming. I’m sure Boney made his escape just for you to get Sir Jacob back in the Service!
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Ronald Bentley.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2022
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An enjoyable series of naval stories and sheer luck that Fletcher was in attendance to witness them, Drake has a good style and keeps the pages turning, Alan Lawrie and Fletcher would be formidable together.
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Gazza
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Naval Adventure
Reviewed in Australia on January 2, 2024
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Great read in the continuing Fletcher series by John Drake. A bit of King Solomon’s mines interacting with the Zulu and the slave trade. Entertaining holiday reading.
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Michael J Phippen
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2023
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A very good and interesting read. Two stories running alongside of each other but totally enjoyable and realistic when one realises where the story is taking you.
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