![]() ![]() ![]() But Dietrich’s books are no mere homage to Fraser, as they have their own distinctive tone Dietrich is pulpier than Fraser, and has fewer qualms about embroidering on history in the pursuit of outlandish action scenes or occult overtones.ĭietrich’s hero, Ethan Gage, is an American frontiersman, a gambler and opportunist who finds himself in Europe after attaching himself to Ben Franklin during his term as Ambassador to France. Like Flashman, the hero is a self-described amoral rogue who gets drawn into every major fracas of his time. The series is set in the Napoleonic era, and is clearly modeled, at least in part, on George MacDonald Fraser’s “Flashman” novels. I just read the first two books, and liked them. ![]() Well, this is embarrassing: I call myself a swashbuckler aficionado, and yet till now I’ve somehow managed to overlook a successful new historical action series, the “Ethan Gage Adventures,” by American author William Dietrich. HarperCollins, 20 reviewed in the Kindle editions. ![]() Napoleon’s Pyramids and The Rosetta Key, by William Dietrich. ![]()
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