book cover of Court Martial
Added by 3 members
 

Court Martial

(1974)
(The seventh book in the Fox series)
A novel by

 
 
FOX ON TRIAL

In Nelson's day the punishments inflicted by the Royal Navy were notoriously brutal and barbaric.

George Abercrombie Fox, ruthless and ambitious hero of "Treasure" and "Blood for Breakfast", must face the deadly consequences of his rapacious search for gold

For now Fox was on trial for desertion and cowardice - with a guilty verdict a guarantee that he'd be hung ... drawn ... and quartered. Exactly the vengeance his superiors had plotted!

FOX IS NOT THE NOBLE HERO OF TRADITIONAL FICTION. FOX IS A FIGHTING MAN WHO TRANSCENDS HEROISM - HE DOESN'T CARE HOW HE WINS AS LONG AS HE WINS. HE'S MEAN, CUNNING AND MOST VICIOUS WHEN TRAPPED. THERE'S NO WAY TO OUTFOX FOX!

Adam Hardy was a pen name used by Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005). A prolific writer, Bulmer wrote over 160 novels and many short stories, both under his real name and various pen names. He is best known for science fiction, including his long-running Dray Prescot series of planetary romances, but he wrote in many genres.


Genre: Historical

Visitors also looked at these books


Used availability for Adam Hardy's Court Martial


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors