Jackanapes" - The Artful Dodger and the Hero of the Forlorn Hope - Paperback

The Artful Dodger is back - and this time he might turn out to be the hero! After the execution of Fagin, Oliver Twist and Mr. Brownlow intervene to save The Artful Dodger, Jack Dawkins, from being transported to a penal colony in Australia. To prevent him from succumbing to the temptations of London, Jack is sent to live on a farm on the remote Romney Marshes where he soon finds himself back on the wrong side of the law, as, together with the embittered Peninsula War veteran, Abel Garnett, he battles against an escaped psychopath, a devastating flood and militia men determined to bring them to the gallows. Obliged to flee to France, the two fugitives are given an opportunity to redeem themselves when they stumble across an assassination plot, that, if it succeeds, will change the course of history - and then there is the lovely Lysette, the first person The Artful Dodger has ever loved! With flashbacks relating the ordeals of Abel Garnett as he grows to manhood and becomes 'The Hero of the Forlorn Hope' during the Peninsula Wars, the action never lets up in this historically accurate adventure. 'I was fortunate enough to be given a copy of 'Jackanapes' -- It is a wonderful adventure and I loved it.' CHARLES DICKENS great, great grandson, GERALD DICKENS