Twelve

Twelve: (The Danilov Quintet 1)

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Horror & Ghost Stories
Paperback Published on: 01/01/2010
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Twelve
Flawed but fun
Perhaps if I hadn't known that Jasper Kent had written musicals, then I may have enjoyed this more than I did. As it stands, I was stuck between enjoying t... READ MORE
Gareth Buchaillard Davies at Cardiff The Haye

Synopsis

On 12th June 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee forded the River Niemen and crossed the Rubicon - its invasion of Russia had begun. Charged with delaying the enemy's inexorable march on Moscow, a group of Russian officers summon the help of the oprichniki, a band of mercenaries from the outermost fringes of Christian Europe.

As rumours of a plague travelling west from the Black Sea reach the Russians, the Oprichniki - twelve in number - arrive. Preferring to work alone, and at night, they prove brutally, shockingly effective against the French. But one amongst the Russians, Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov, is unnerved by the mercenaries' ruthlessness...and as he comes to understand the true, horrific nature of these strangers, he wonders at the nightmare they've unleashed in their midst...

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780553819588
  • Number of pages: 544
  • Weight: 367g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 32 mm

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Twelve
Try it, you might like it.
Mungo
Twelve
Lenghty and descriptive at times.
This book seemed to take me ages to read (a fortnight to be precise), I'm not sure if it was the book necessarily or the fact that I had a lot going on in ... READ MORE
Wyres