The Pinchbeck Peer: Book One

Great start to a new series. Looking forward to the next on in the series. Interesting layout to the story. Lord Cheese? Funny.

I am a follower of Wareham's writings. He tells a good story and always adds something new and thoughtful. I expected the same with this series, too. Not disappointed!Writing this as I enter Book Five of the seven book series. Wareham explores the transition in England from a place run by the landed aristocracy to a place of non-aristocratic mercantile/industrial interests. The story is beautifully told through a rich interweaving of heroes and villains.Typical Wareham is "our hero," the Pinchbeck Peer, the inherently good fellow dealing with the imperfections of life, solving (or not solving) difficult problems. My only complaint is that the work needs better proofreading.The series is one continuous story and should be read as if chapters in a very large book. Maybe volumes to a thoughtful opus?

This book was quiet a surprise. It took a little getting used to the unusual phrasing, but it is easily read. I am not sure I will be able to plow through the entire series, but will read the next one.

A workmanlike job by Wareham, doing justice to late 18th century England and its rigid social distinctions. Similar to other series, with the main character triumphing over adversity and getting on well in the world.

What a nice start of a new series by mr. Wareham. Written in the style that is in the meantime so recognizable as vintage Wareham: a very good story, characters nicely developed and from a historical viewpoint also very interesting. I hope there will be a second book in this series soon. I can heartlily recommend this book, as well as all Wareham's books. I read them all and what a pleasure they provide.

Not as exciting as the naval tales. Probably will not read another in this series.Shall search further reading material by this author.

As an American, it took me a while to catch on to Mr. Wareham's humor, but there is little chance of missing it in this story. Great stuff, a delight to read, and your only regret will be that he has not yet finished the next one. Think Dickens with more than a bit of P.G. Wodehouse, maybe some P.C. Wren, some Jeffrey Farnol and Raphael Sabatini, and you won't even be close, but you'd be in the right frame of mind to understand it.I've read a bunch of Mr. Wareham's work, every thing I could find in fact. Enjoyed every page of every book, and yet, I do believe this is his best yet. However, fair warning, were I descended of English aristocracy, I might be a tad offended. As I am not, I enjoyed this very much indeed.

The young man of the country is forced by unfortunate circumstances to give up his academic pursuit to become a Militia officer. Our first impressions of him are not favorable, but after running away from a drunken debt he cannot hope to repay, he takes up pugilism as "Gentleman Jim". A successful but short career ends when he is discovered as a likely husband by a marquess with a disadvantaged daughter. The remainder of the book is taken up with his settling into his new circumstances as Lord Oakham. Having some intellect as well as an imposing physique, the young lord turns out to want to do the right thing but little prior knowledge. There are plenty of others to help, including his intelligent bride, his new valet, property manager, and the family lawyer. The entitlement of the aristocracy is always present.

Whilst not a story to have you at the edge of your seat, Andrew warehams word usage and descriptive powers turn a run of the mill tale into something much more interesting. In fact the Collins dictionary didn't list a number of the words used, with some authors this would be their mistake, with wareham I have no doubt the lack is the dictionary

Andrew start a rather unusual series.Our hero goes form the comfort of the minor Landed gentry, to penury due to unforeseen circumstances only to rise to the rights due to good luck. Wareham manages to get I some trencahant and amusing slugs at the Establishment of the time. Why do I feel that the author might well make a better PM than Teresa May? However,I digress. This is an excellent and amusing story, I look forward to its sequels

Enjoyed it a lot, entertaining and captivating.good characters, tongue a little in cheek. Nice view of the upper classes of the time

The story just rolls along and you can enjoy it.

A reasonable book to past the time but lacking in any real story. What story we have was predictable.