The perils of command /
by Donachie, David.
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BookSeries: John Pearce series: Publisher: London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2015Edition: First edition.Description: 351 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780749018221 (hbk.) :; 0749018224 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Pearce, John, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Seafaring life -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Fiction | Sea stories | Historical | HistoricalSummary: 1794. Fresh from battle in the Gulf of Ambracia with the villainous Turk Mehmet Pasha, Lieutenant John Pearce and his trusty Pelicans arrive in the Italian port of Brindisi, with captures in tow and his wounded superior, Henry Digby, in a convalescent state. Their landing in the harbour is met by crowds and local dignitaries who insist Digby is attented by their best physician. Free from authority, Pearce travels to Naples to track down his lover, Emily Barclay. But upon finding her, Emily reveals astonishing news that will send her back to her brutish husband, and Pearce's longstanding enemy, Captain Ralph Barclay, to avoid further scandal.
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1794. Fresh from battle in the Gulf of Ambracia with the villainous Turk Mehmet Pasha, Lieutenant John Pearce and his trusty Pelicans arrive in the Italian port of Brindisi, with captures in tow and his wounded superior, Henry Digby, in a convalescent state. Their landing in the harbour is met by crowds and local dignitaries who insist Digby is attented by their best physician. Free from authority, Pearce travels to Naples to track down his lover, Emily Barclay. But upon finding her, Emily reveals astonishing news that will send her back to her brutish husband, and Pearce's longstanding enemy, Captain Ralph Barclay, to avoid further scandal.
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