The Attach‪é‬

A bottle bobs in the sea, a musket kicks, and one lucky shot wins its shooter a reputation he knows he doesn’t deserve. Now Samuel Slick, a clockmaker turned American attaché, is bound for England—with plenty of confidence and a new audience for his opinions.

In the 1840s, a small party sails from New York to England: the elderly Reverend Hopewell, the observant Squire Poker, and Jube Japan accompany Slick to the American Legation at the Court of St. James’s. Haliburton gives the quick-witted Yankee the floor to size up English life, while the narrator’s opening tale of accidental success hints at how easily confidence can pass for skill. Across the Atlantic, old loyalties and new customs meet in a comedy of manners sharpened by Slick’s irrepressible talk. What will England make of him—and what will he make of England?

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