BLOWN OFF COURSE - THE JOHN PEARCE SERIES : BOOK SEVEN - SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.

DONACHIE David ( aka LUDLOW Jack )

ISBN 10: 074900827X / ISBN 13: 9780749008277

Published by Allison & Busby, London, 2010

About this Item

Signed by David Donachie to the Title Page. The Book & Dust Jacket are in As New condition. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirms that this book is a first printing.The Jacket, which has not been price clipped, is protected by archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLOWN OFF COURSE - THE JOHN PEARCE SERIES : BOOK SEVEN - SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.
• Publisher: Allison & Busby, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074900827X
• ISBN 13: 9780749008277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • Sea Faring
  • Thriller & Adventure

About this title

Synopsis

Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty. Sat in the Pelican Tavern where they were first press-ganged, he wonders what future he has, lacking funds and an occupation if he leaves Navy, and without the evidence that would bring Captain Ralph Barclay to justice for perjury. Problems are mounting for Barclay as well. Emily, his young, estranged wife, is refusing to live under the same roof as him and intends to use the evidence Pearce thinks is lost to get her own way. What action will be necessary to silence those who spell trouble for Barclay? Matters are looking up for Pearce when a smiling stranger offers him employment; the very profitable but illegal task of fetching a ship laden with contraband back from France. But is that smiling stranger all that he appears to be? How much danger is Emily Barclay in and are Pearce and his Pelicans sailing into prosperity or danger?

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.