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Viva Jacquelina! being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, over the hills and far away

The vivacious Jacky Faber returns in the tenth tale in L. A. Meyer's Bloody Jack Adventures, a rip-roaring series applauded for its alluring combination of adventure, romance, history, and humor. Once again under the thumb of British Intelligence, Jacky is sent to Spain to spy for the Crown dur...

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Main Author: Meyer, L. A. 1942-
Other Authors: Kellgren, Katherine (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: Union City : Listen & Live Audio, Inc., 2012.
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: A Bloody Jack adventure ; 10
Subjects:
Sex role > Young adult fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Young adult fiction.
Spies > Young adult fiction.
Seafaring life > Young adult fiction.
Europe > History > 1789-1815 > Young adult fiction.
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction > Young adult.
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Summary: The vivacious Jacky Faber returns in the tenth tale in L. A. Meyer's Bloody Jack Adventures, a rip-roaring series applauded for its alluring combination of adventure, romance, history, and humor. Once again under the thumb of British Intelligence, Jacky is sent to Spain to spy for the Crown during the early days of the nineteenth-century Peninsular War. She finds herself in the company of guerilla freedom fighters, poses for the famous artist Goya, runs with the bulls, is kidnapped by the Spanish Inquisition, and travels with a caravan of gypsies... all while hoping to one day reunite with her beloved Jaimy Fletcher.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 09::2:9:
Format: Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 267036 KB).
ISBN: 9781593166366
Author Notes: L. A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Florida in Gainesville and soon after, enlisted in the U.S. Navy for a four year-stint. He worked as a social worker and then published two picture books, The Gypsy Bears and The Clean Air and Peaceful Contentment Dirigible Airline, before receiving his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University in 1973.

He taught high school art in Massachusetts for seven years and then left to open art and design shops. His first novel for young readers, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, was published in 2002. It became the first book in the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He died from Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014 at the age of 71.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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