A FLAG OF TRUCE - THE JOHN PEARCE SERIES BOOK 4 - RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING

DONACHIE David ( aka LUDLOW Jack )

ISBN 10: 0749080825 / ISBN 13: 9780749080822

Published by Headline Publishing, London, 2008

About this Item

Signed by David Donachie to the Title Page. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in Fine condition with a little toning to the page block. There are no inscriptions and the Dust Jacket has not been price clipped. 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 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: A FLAG OF TRUCE - THE JOHN PEARCE SERIES BOOK 4 - RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING
• Publisher: Headline Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749080825
• ISBN 13: 9780749080822
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • Sea Faring
  • Thriller & Adventure

About this title

Synopsis

John Pearce comes back from Corsica demanding that Captain Barclay of HMS Brilliant, the man who originally pressed him and his fellow Pelicans into the Navy, be tried at home by a civilian court. Against the background of the ongoing siege of Toulon and with the Revolutionary Army massing to attack, no-one in authority sees this as a good time to accede to his requests.Barclay's patron Admiral Hotham contrives a way out of the dilemma. He staffs the ship Pearce captured in Corsica with members of the Revolutionary Navy refusing to serve under the Bourbon flag and gives it to Henry Digby, with Pearce and his Pelicans under him, so that they may transport the renegade French sailors to an Atlantic port and set them free.Whilst Pearce is gone Hotham fixes a court martial where Barclay is found innocent for lack of evidence, a ruse that leads to an open breach with his wife Emily. Pearce eventually returns to the siege having survived conflict on both land and water only to find Barclay acquitted and exempt from further trial under the law of double jeopardy. Despite clear warnings not to do so he begins a romance with Emily Barclay, but mayhem surrounds the evacuation of Toulon and the revolutionary forces, including Napoleon Bonaparte, are closing in to retake the port...

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.