The Perils of Command: A John Pearce Adventure

Donachie, David

ISBN 10: 1493066269 / ISBN 13: 9781493066261

Edité par McBooks Press 2022-05, 2022

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N° de réf. du vendeur 6666-IUK-9781493066261

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• Titre: The Perils of Command: A John Pearce Adventure
• Éditeur: McBooks Press 2022-05
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1493066269
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781493066261
• Reliure: PF
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

John Pearce, having negotiated the highly questionable sale of the two French prizes taken in The Devil to Pay, has left HMS Flirt, as well as the crew and the wounded Henry Digby, in Brindisi and is now headed for Naples to see his lover. In an uncomfortable journey he seeks to work out a way to best both Admiral Sir William Hotham and Captain Ralph Barclay, men who are his sworn enemies. All his calculations are thrown into turmoil when he discovers that Emily is pregnant which, while it is a cause for joy, is also a reason to worry; she is still married to Ralph Barclay and by the laws of the time he can claim the child as his own.

À propos de l?auteur

David Donachie (1944–2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.