The Colonel and the Bee

Posted on 21 October 2019 by Patrick Canning

The Amazing Beatrix works as an acrobat in a 19th Century circus, no home or family to speak of When a daring escape from her abusive ringleader crosses Beatrix s path with that of the daring adventurer Colonel James Bacchus, the unlikely pair team up, fly to safety aboard the Colonel s miraculous four story hot air balloon, and begin a grand quest to find the most precious gem in the world, The Blue Star Sphinx If the heroes can outmaneuver the deadly treasure hunters, escaped convicts, and double crosses that await them, they may win the treasure they seek, or better yet, a sense of true belonging Witty banter, colorful characters, and exotic locations pack the fantastical, globe trotting adventure that reads like Sherlock Holmes meets Around the World in Eighty Days. Best Read The Colonel and the Bee [ Author ] Patrick Canning [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Book Reviewed by Clive on www.whisperingstories.comThe Colonel and the Bee promised much from the outset with a dramatic cover and our initial introduction to Beatrix The story is told by her in the first person and I found myself immediately drawn into her character as a talented gymnast with feisty ambitions to makeof her life The idea of her travelling around the world in such a magnificent machine promised a great deal.Along the way there were some exciting incidents but generally Book Reviewed by Clive on www.whisperingstories.comThe Colonel and the Bee promised much from the outset with a dramatic cover and our initial introduction to Beatrix The story is told by her in the first person and I found myself immediately drawn into her character as a talented gymnast with feisty ambitions to makeof her life The idea of her travelling around the world in such a magnificent machine promised a great deal.Along the way there were some exciting incidents but generally that promise was not fulfilled The overall plot did not excite me and between the moments of action there were long periods of drudgery and attempts at comedy that mostly fell flat.That may have been because the book was almost certainly not aimed at someone with my profile That said, I...Review This was a thoroughly delightful and creative story It was short, but packed with mystery, intrigue, humour, and heart And I love the cover so much The massive steampunk hot air balloon, where most of the tale takes place, was really unique if not very plausible The Ox was essentially its own floating city, with gardens, a library, countless corridors, and several endearing characters From the opening pages, our eccentric crew is hit with one trial after another as they not only Review This was a thoroughly delightful and creative story It was short, but packed with mystery, intrigue, humour, and heart And I love the cover so much The massive steampunk hot air balloon, where most of the tale...Wow What a great book I like steampunk anyway, and this story encompassed so much of what I love about reading a compelling tale that keeps you turning the pages, and author good with words, adventure, and a mystery To me, it was reminiscent of The Good Thief, which I also loved, but vaguely, and at the same time a story unique and all its own.Beatrix Bee is a 13 year old acrobat who had run away to the circus from an home where she was unwanted, but the circus proved no better as the Wow What a great book I like stea...This is classic Steampunk genre with a morality tale or two, writ large The young teenaged, Beatrix, escapes a suitably Dickensian circus to travel the world on a multi story dirigible, a craft common to so much of the genre.The adventure, the search for the long hidden artefact, is entertaining, even though the elements that build the story are somewhat contrived and sometimes less than well knitted together However, the words themselves are nicely knotted and well cast off A Victorian This is classic Steampunk genre with a morality tale or two, writ large The young teenaged, Beatrix, escapes a suitably Dickensian circus to travel the world on a multi story dirigible, a craft common to so much of the genre.The adventure, the search for the long hidden artefact, is entertaining, even though the elements that build the story are somewhat contrived and sometimes less than well knitted together However, the words themselves are nicely knotted and well cast off A Victorian tone is achieved and displayed well enough, onto which is painted vivid pictures of both the cast of characters and the world in which they are played Comedy is a consisted chord, tongue in cheek rather than riotously funny The Colonel is all comic foil, a wild mix of Phileas Fogg, MacDonald Frazer s Flashman, and Captain Pugwash It is his eccentricity rather than any string of logic that...What is this book like Well, sort of like Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes teamed up with Alan Bradley s Flavia de Luce in a 4 storey high hybrid hot air helium filled balloon chasing a pair of feuding underworld families across 19th Century Europe and beyond in search of a fabulous jewel Lara Croft, steam punk style.This is the sort of book that demands creativity, and Canning delivers Every character is a Character, stretched past stereotype into archetype Every setting is new and different What is this book like Well, sort of like Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes teamed up with Alan Bradley s Flavia de Luce in a 4 storey high hybrid hot air helium filled balloon chasing a pair of feuding underworld families across 19th Century Europe and beyond in search of a fabulous jewel Lara Croft, steam punk style.This is the sort of book that demands creativity, and Canning delivers Every character is a Character, stretched past stereotype into archetype Every setting is new and differe...One of the things I love about Patrick Canning is his focus on odd characters with his world spanning adventures In The Colonel and the Bee, we see Beatrix, a down on her luck circus acrobat, team up with explorer James as they travel the world in a hot air balloon racing to get a mysterious treasure Indiana Jones style It was greatly satisfying to experience this late 1800s adventure, getting to see interesting locales and very memorable characters It was a little like James and the Giant One of the things I love about Patrick Canning is his focus on odd characters with his world spanning adventures In The Colonel and t...The Colonel and the Bee by Patrick Canning is an adventure spanning Europe It has a mix of murder, excitement and treasure hunting I honestly don t remember the last time I read a book with such exquisite language delivery It is not an easy job to address and to generate interest in readers with the vintage language used but the author wasthan successful, I must say Ok, so without any further ado, let s get to the review.SummaryBeatrix is an acrobat associated with a travelling circus The Colonel and the Bee by Patrick Canning is an adventure spanning Europe It has a mix of murder, excitement and treasure hunting I honestly ...Described by the author as Around the World in 80 Days meets The Wizard of Oz, The Colonel and The Bee is a story, I would deem, worth being remembered as a classic.Written in the style properly given to it s setting, everything about this novel is quite perfect It s characters are flawed but we love them despite that and they make mistakes that alter their courses for the worst, yet we easily forgive them and root for them still.T...Hoo boy is this one a douzy The novel hit all my buttons unique, intriguing, adventurous, historical, surprisingly sharp female protagonist coupled with the swash buckling theatrics of a male co protagonist, and absolute non stop riveting action Beatrix is a barely teenaged female acrobat in a 19th century European traveling circus held captive owing her age by an abusive ringleader The dashing and mysterious English Colonel James Bacchus attends the same private showing where she performs Hoo boy is this one a douzy The novel hit all my buttons unique, intriguing, adventurous, historical, surprisingly sharp female protagonist coupled with the swash buckling theatrics of a male co protagonist, and absolute non stop riveting action Beatrix is a barely teenaged female acrobat in a 19th century European traveling circus held captive owing her age by an...Adventure awaits the night Beatrix escapes her circus life and joins with Colonel Bacchus Beatrix is an abused acrobat and when she spies the Colonel in the crowd at a show she s immediately drawn to him, as her luck would have it she runs into him again later that night as she runs away Reluctantly, the Colonel allows her to accompany him on his trip in a huge hot air balloon to find a missing artifact andintrigue along the way Beatrix, now called Bee, is now on the adventure of a Adventure awaits the night Beatrix escapes her circus life and joins with Colonel Bacchus Beatrix is an abused acrobat and when she spies the Colonel in the crowd at a show she s immediately drawn to him, as her luck would have it she runs into him again later that night as she runs away Reluctantly, the Colonel allows her to accompany him on his trip in a huge hot air balloon to find a missing artifact andintrigue along the way Beatrix, now called Bee, is now on the adventure of a lifetime with a whole new group of characters to help the Colonel and hopefully not die along the way.I really wanted to love this book, but I only liked it I had trouble reallying getting into the characters, and I found the Colonel so over the top that it becam...

21 October 2019

Patrick Canning