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A Troubled Course - A John Pearce Adventure (Hardcover)
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A Troubled Course - A John Pearce Adventure (Hardcover)
Series: John Pearce
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John Pearce discovers that Madrid plans to desert the British-led
coalition and join the enemy. In company with Lord Langholm, he has
taken a Spanish treasure ship. But a violent Atlantic westerly
forces them into a deep bay, overlooked by Spaniards who have
created a trap with cannon on the heights aimed at the narrow
entrance. Pearce must take the lead, exposed to plunging fire,
lucky the guns do not quite have the range and, having succeeded,
he must find a way to get Langholm's frigate and the damaged Santa
Leocadia through the same bottleneck. Only quick thinking and an
act of sheer inspiration make it possible. His orders take him via
Gibraltar, then on Admiral Jervis, who hates him, to warn of
Spanish duplicity. Finally, Jervis sends him to Bastia in Corsica,
where the Viceroy, Sir Gilbert Elliot, is seeking told the island
for Britannia in the face of Napoleon's successes in Italy. In
night actions, outnumbered on land and sea, he must fight the
Francophile Corsicans, arming themselves for an insurrection. Will
he succeed, or will John Pearce, HMS Hazard, and the Pelicans pay
the ultimate price of failure?
General
Imprint: |
McBooks Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
John Pearce |
Release date: |
November 2022 |
Authors: |
David Donachie
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Dimensions: |
232 x 160 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With dust jacket
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4930-6888-3 |
Categories: |
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Fiction >
Genre fiction >
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LSN: |
1-4930-6888-1 |
Barcode: |
9781493068883 |
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