Bruce alexander has 26 books on goodreads with 22230 ratings. Read or listen to bruce alexander books and audiobooks. Bruce alexander cook 1932 november 9, 2003 was an american journalist and author who. The sir john fielding series written by author bruce alexander consists of 11 books in total, which were released between the years 1994 and 2005.
Jack, knave and fool 1998, death of a colonial 1999, the color of death. Books by bruce alexander bruce alexander average rating 4. Click to read more about death of a colonial by bruce alexander. Death of a colonial sir john fielding, book 6 by bruce alexander. Bruce alexanders series of mysteries are set in 18th century england and have as protagonists blind magistrate john fielding and his teenage assistant. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The new york times alexander s eye for period detail is sharp and subtle. Discount prices on books by bruce alexander, including titles like the virginia magazine of history and biography, vol. Chicago tribune when a nobleman is executed, his possessions are expected. Bruce alexanders books have the same addictive attention to detail as patrick obrians stories about the british navy.
The bruce alexander who wrote the sir john fielding historical mysteries was a pen name for bruce cook 19322003. Up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity. In fact, there really was a sir john fielding 17211780. Death of a colonial by bruce alexander 19991203 on.
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Plot summary edit a nobleman, last of his line, is executed and the crown prepares to seize his property. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. More 18thcentury adventure for blind magistrate sir john fielding. Death of a colonial sir john fielding, book 6 by bruce alexander book cover, description, publication history.
Death of a colonial by bruce alexander brings to life an interesting historical period. Murder in grub street by bruce alexander strand magazine. The king wants it and can only have it if there are no. He is chiefly remembered as the author of the adventures of sir john fielding, his main work between 1994 and 2003. Bruce alexander death of a colonial 1st edition 1st printing hardcover new york g.
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Seemingly gratuitous murders have been following a rash of wellplanned robberies in the great houses of. Find death of a colonial sir john fielding mysteries 0399145648 by alexander, bruce. Blind 18thcentury magistrate sir john fielding, hero of alexanders popular series of historical detective fiction jack, knave and fool, etc. He was born in chicago in 1932 and spent his childhood both there, and in california. Aug 03, 2010 bruce alexander is the pseudonym for a wellknown author of fiction and nonfiction. The new york times alexanders eye for period detail is sharp and subtle. Here, the judges sidekick, the yearold orphaned jeremy proctor, has been apprenticed to a wellknown printer in grub street, ezekiel crabb, but the night before jeremy is to join the crabb household, everyone in the family is brutally murdered everyone, that is, except a mysterious guest, a poet named john clayton, who. Bruce alexander cook is better know as a writer by his pseudonym bruce alexander. Death of a colonial sir john fielding mysteries authors. This series is comprised of a total of 11 books, which were published between the years 1994 and 2005. Bruce alexander aka bruce cook bibliography chronological book list and series. He took his last breath at the medical center called queen of angels hollywood presbyterian, located in california. Death of a colonial by bruce alexander 1999, hardcover. The episode of the water closet short story by bruce alexander.
Putnams sons 1999 near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bruce alexander in 18th century london, sir john fielding, the blind magistrate, faces pressure to disallow a claim on an estate by the brother of a hanged man. Death of a colonial is the sixth historical mystery novel about sir john fielding by bruce alexander a pseudonym for bruce cook. Bruce alexander death of a colonial 1st edition 1st printing. Chicago tribune when a nobleman is executed, his possessions are expected to go to the crown, as he is the last of his line. Vj books presents author bruce alexander cook aka bruce alexander. Stuart langton in 18th century london, sir john fielding, the blind magistrate, faces pressure to disallow a claim on an estate by the brother of a hanged man. When a bullet sidelines blind magistrate sir john fielding early in this seventh outing death of a colonial, 1999, etc. Bruce alexander books list of books by bruce alexander. Bruce alexander death of a colonial 1st edition 1st. Death of a colonial by bruce alexander a copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Death of a colonial sir john fielding mysteries 0399145648. Jeremy proctor, eager to prove his maturity and his grasp of the great mans famous interrogative methods, leaps into the investigative breach. Bruce alexanders most popular book is the republic.
Mexican standoff, 1988, rough cut, 1990, death as a career move, 1992, and sidewalk hilton, 1994. Bruce alexander cook 1932 november 9, 2003 was an american journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym bruce alexander, creating historical novels about a blind 18thcentury englishman and also a 20thcentury mexicanamerican detective. Death of a colonial by bruce alexander librarything. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Bruce alexander is the pseudonym for a wellknown author of fiction and nonfiction. Bruce alexander books list of books by author bruce. Death of a colonial sir john fielding mysteries 8601422737462. The previous books in this series are blind justice, murder in grub street named by the new yo.
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Death of a colonial sir john fielding mysteries hardcover september, 1999 by bruce alexander author. See all books authored by bruce alexander, including blind justice, and murder in grub street, and more on thriftbooks. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. This series provides a wonderful sense of history and character.
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