I thought this was quite weak -- certainly the weakest Stainless Steel Rat book. It was ok, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who hasn't read any of the others first. Frankly the time travel premise is hard to believe, and the resolution at the end of the story is a total non-resolution.

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While this is not my favourite Stainless Steel Rat book (that is still The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You) , I enjoyed the way time travel was dealt with in this book, and I loved the depiction of Earth, 1984, and how casually Jimmy di Griz deals with security systems then. I'd also love it if memorygrams were real.

If I enjoyed the 1984 parts then there are no words for how much I enjoyed the Napoleonic bits. While I like the alternate reality idea, I love the way it's played out, the reasonable and rampant paranoia of the English and how they're good guys but still veneal.

I think the Count and his artillery master were my favourite characters, although the Martians and Angelina came close. Professor Coypu is such a fantastic mad professor that it's hard not to like him.

Jimmy di Griz is his usual dry and laconic self, if not quite as much fun as he is in 'Stainless Steel Rat Wants You'.

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This was not as good as the previous two books in the series. Another adventure for him, a strange antagonist, and some time travelling that seemed a bit out of place. France? Jim has to stop people messing around with time.

Anyway, it is ok, but there are definitely better books in this series.

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