The Jester

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• The Best Reviews: Andrew Gross, James Patterson, The Jester

  Click review title to read full review "Entertaining very colorful historical fiction" Reviewed by Harriet Klausner Posted March 8, 2003 In 1096, French innkeeper Hugh de Luc joins the Crusades in an effort to obtain his freedom from his nasty overlo ... (read full critics)

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• The Jester By James Patterson & Andrew Gross

  James Patterson plumbs medieval history for his newest heroWith his new book, The Jester, the creator of detective Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club and a veritable metropolis of other characters, peers into the turbulent village and castle life of ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  Bad writing, flat characters, stereotype falling on banality, snowballing into one big cliche. Never reading another Patterson again.

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  Stefan Garcia said on Apr 14, 2012 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

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  Super story---The title character is, when introduced in 1096, an unassuming innkeeper in a French village oppressed by the local nobleman. To earn his freedom, Hugh de Luc joins the Crusades for a torturous, bloody march toward Jerusalem that occupies the book's first third and ends with him escapi ... (continue)

  Super story---The title character is, when introduced in 1096, an unassuming innkeeper in a French village oppressed by the local nobleman. To earn his freedom, Hugh de Luc joins the Crusades for a torturous, bloody march toward Jerusalem that occupies the book's first third and ends with him escaping the madness around him by deserting back to France, in possession of some minor treasures-or so he thinks. Back home, he finds that his beloved wife has been taken captive by the odious nobleman, and his infant son slain. Seeking his wife and revenge, Hugh adopts the guise of a jester in order to enter to the nobleman's castle, where he begins to fall in love with a young noblewoman, and she with him. In time, Hugh finds his wife, only to experience tragedy, and learns that the nobleman is searching for him, as he is believed to have carried back from the Crusades the greatest holy relic of all. Returning to his village, which has been destroyed during the nobleman's hunt for him, Hugh persuades his townspeople, then surrounding towns, to rise up in revolt against the corrupt nobleman and his henchmen.

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  Ken45140 said on Mar 28, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Very entertaining! It reminded me of Robin Hood with a flavor of The Da Vinci Code and The Eight. I did find it somewhat predictable at times, but it was a nice change of pace.

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  SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Love this book! The best by James Patterson!

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  The Underdog said on Jun 14, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 400 Pages
• Edition: 1st ed
• ISBN-10: 0316602051
• ISBN-13: 9780316602051
• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Pub date: Mar 04, 2003
• Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook

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