The Perils of Command

David Donachie

ISBN 10: 0749018224 / ISBN 13: 9780749018221

Edité par Allison & Busby Ltd, London, 2015

A propos de cet article

Twelfth in the series of nautical stories featuring John Pearce, by historical novelist David Donachie (1944-2023). 351pp. Minimal bumping to head of spine, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear, otherwise near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Perils of Command
• Éditeur: Allison & Busby Ltd, London
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0749018224
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780749018221
• Reliure: Black Cloth Boards
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Collectable Fiction

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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 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

Born in Edinburgh in 1944, David Donachie has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal, Kent with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook and their two children.