Pay the Devil
 

Pay the Devil

by Jack Higgins

Sick to death of war, Confederate Colonel Clay Fitzgerald escapes to Ireland to find that country also torn asunder by civil war--the Fenian Rebellion--into which he throws himself, after first taking the identity of a legendary outlaw. Reprint. (read review)

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Ian
  • Rated 5 stars

Five stars for being exactly what a pulp novel should be: an entertaining page-turner. It's fluffy and two-dimensional in places, but who cares? Any novel that grabs me enough to finish it in one evening, deserves five stars, even if its not a classic.

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Katamaster
  • Rated 2 stars

I agree with several of the reviewers that said that you could easily predict this plot. The only thing that saved this book is the underlying theme of the mistreatment of the Irish by the British during the 1860's.
The character of Joanna is a mystery as to why she helps Clay even before she knows him. Why she hates what her uncle does but still supports him is another mystery. How she shows up in the neck of time at the beginning of the book to save Clay a couple of times and then...

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  • Rated 3.625 stars
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  • Rated 3 stars
 

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