TY - BOOK AU - Donachie,David TI - An ill wind T2 - John Pearce adventures SN - 9781493066247 AV - PR6053.O483 I424 2022 U1 - 823/.914 23/eng/20220414 PY - 2022/// CY - Essex, Connecticut PB - McBooks Press KW - Seafaring life KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - History, Naval KW - 18th century KW - France KW - History KW - Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Sea fiction N2 - It is 1793. John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home - to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. And then comes that dread thing: a fire aboard a wooden ship of war! Cast adrift, Pearce and his Pelicans find help from an unlikely source. Finally, back on British soil, they hope they have reached the end of their troubles, but with the documents missing, the real concerns have only just begun. Emily Barclay holds the key, but where do her loyalties lie? ER -