The Perils of Command

David Donachie

ISBN 10: 0749018224 / ISBN 13: 9780749018221

Published by Allison & Busby Ltd, London, 2015

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 016584

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perils of Command
• Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749018224
• ISBN 13: 9780749018221
• Binding: Black Cloth Boards
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Collectable Fiction

About this title

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.

About the Author

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.