Blood's Game

I came across Colonel Blood in a fictional context some years ago when I read George MacDonald Fraser's somewhat politically incorrect “The Pyrates”, which I loved.

So I was delighted to come across this book by Angus Donald which gave a slightly more serious account of the colonel's exploits. This was a great book, and I loved the steps that the author took to make the hero “special”.

I felt the tone - which was relatively light-hearted - was at times at odds with the topic at hand (murder, torture, etc), and I felt that the plot was let down towards the end by one or two far-fetched elements. Still, I'd be happy to buy a sequel, when it emerges.