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A Close Run Thing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Close Run Thing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Donachie
SeriesJohn Pearce
Series part Volume No. 15
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreHistorical adventure
War and combat fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780749022532
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Allison & Busby
Imprint Allison & Busby
Publication Date 21 February 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

John Pearce is hiding in Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known to him as Oliphant. Although they find a crew willing to take them back to England, they learn on the journey that Pearce's old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route, and may have been responsible for the murder of Catherine Carruthers. Back in England their problems continue: Pearce must seek to mend fences with Emily Barclay, in a relationship in which nothing is simple. And just as things may be looking up, it seems Henry Dundas has another role for him and Oliphant: a mission to north-east Spain ...

Author Biography

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.