Perils of Command

The twelfth book in the acclaimed "John Pearce" series. John Pearce and the wounded Henry Digby leave HMS Flirt and head to Naples, where Pearce must find a way to best both of his sworn enemies.

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.

Summary

John Pearce has to fight on many fronts. Sea battles, emotional turmoil and downright chicanery mix in a stew of blood and scheming until Pearce discovers two facts that should change his life. But is what is being proposed fit for a man now accustomed to war, a man for whom gallantry is the stuff of life?

Product details

• Authors: David Donachie, David (Author) Donachie
• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780749018320
• ISBN: 978-0-7490-1832-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: John Pearce
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Sea Stories, War & combat fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Naval adventure; England; master and commander