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An Awkward Commission: The thrilling maritime adventure series (John Pearce, 3)

An Awkward Commission: The thrilling maritime adventure series (John Pearce, 3)

by David Donachie (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

July, 1793. Since being press-ganged into service in King George's Navy, John Pearce has endured a whirlwind few months of wild storms and bitter battles with the enemy. When the trio of Pearce's friends, the Pelicans, are shipped off to the Mediterranean, he vows to liberate the men who have stuck by him through thick and thin. When they are shipped off to the Mediterranean, Pearce vows to liberate the men who have stuck by him through thick and thin. But with help being withheld by all higher powers, he is obliged to embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends: at stake, the whole British position in the Mediterranean.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 380
 Edition: Reissued Paperback Edition
 Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 25 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0749080671
ISBN 13: 9780749080679

Media Reviews
'A must for armchair mariners... It's superb stuff' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Author Bio
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.