A Divided Command High Seas Adventure for John Pearce and the Pelicans (Signed Copy)

Donachie,David

ISBN 10: 0749014253 / ISBN 13: 9780749014254

Published by Allison & Busby Limited, London, 2013

About this Item

This is a Mint Copy of this Book in Publisher's Original black Hardcover cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Mint dust-jacket.This copy has not been read so is as good as it gets in terms of condition.Not price clipped.The book has been SIGNED by David Donachie on the title page.This is a superb copy for the collector with crisp white page edges,8vo 319pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [2013].

Seller Inventory # 86376

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Divided Command High Seas Adventure for John Pearce and the Pelicans (Signed Copy)
• Publisher: Allison & Busby Limited, London
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749014253
• ISBN 13: 9780749014254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Unbeknown to John Pearce, the private letter he is delivering on behalf of the prime minister carries the dismissal of the very man he is sailing to see. Politics intervene in matters of the sea and the need for a government majority to pursue the war with France means John Pearce must step down as Britain’s best sailor, regretfully relinquishing the position to the incompetent Admiral Hotham.


Hotham is equally less than pleased about John Pearce, as he is the one person who knows the truth about his dishonest and wicked naval career. Pearce knows Hotham will try and destroy him any way he can to keep from being exposed, so he must navigate the dangerous waters whilst trying to return to Emily Barclay, the woman he loves.

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.