Blown Off Course (Paperback)

David Donachie

ISBN 10: 1493066250 / ISBN 13: 9781493066254

Published by Globe Pequot Press, Lanham, 2022

About this Item

Paperback. Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay's wife has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea. His friends join Pearce in an illegal act. Do they sail into prosperity or danger? Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay's wife has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea. His friends join Pear. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blown Off Course (Paperback)
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, Lanham
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493066250
• ISBN 13: 9781493066254
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s wife has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea. His friends join Pearce in an illegal act. Do they sail into prosperity or danger?

About the Author

David Donachie (1944-2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.