Very reminiscent of Flashman, albeit a century earlier. Our hero is a rake from the British-Irish aristocracy who finds himself in North America as a result of a dodgy gamble. He rogers his way through wars between the British, French and Native Americans. He's not such a coward or self-publicist as Flashman, but in many ways cuts a similar figure. The story slows down a bit towards the end, but for much of the book it is fast-moving and interesting. ( )