Donachie David - A Divided Command A John Pearce Adventure - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 1794: The Mediterranean is proving dangerous waters for John Pearce and his Pelicans. Having left his lover Emily the wife of his mortal enemy Ralph Barclay in the Tuscan port of Leghorn Pearce is detained in Naples. When he unknowingly delivers a letter promoting the shady and incompetent Admiral Hotham Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot that soon puts those closest to him at peril. When reunited with Emily John Pearce faces a losing battle to maintain her reputation. Emily sees no future for herself with Pearce and leaves while he is conveying private letters for Horatio Nelson to the British Ambassador Sir William Hamilton. Learning of her departure Pearce sets off in pursuit. At the same time he takes on a superior Barbary corsairs force that has targeted the merchant ship on which Emily is traveling the Sandown Castle. Outgunned by a barbaric opponent John Pearce's chances of survival and those of Emily and Pearce's crew are dubious. And even if they can win this fierce battle another threat looms on the horizon as Pearce is not the only one chasing Emily. Ralph Barclay has learned of his wife's desertion and is on his way to recapture her.
Title: A Divided Command A John Pearce Adventure
Author(s): Donachie David
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Barcode: 9781493061815
Pages: 318 Pages
Publication Date: 3/1/2023
Series: John Pearce
Category: Historical Fiction