An ill wind / David Donachie.
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TextSeries: Donachie, David, John Pearce adventure ; 6.Publisher: Essex, Connecticut : McBooks Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2009Edition: First McBooks editionDescription: 348 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781493066247; 1493066242Subject(s): Seafaring life -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Fiction | France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Sea fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6053.O483 | I424 2022Summary: 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?
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F DON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 22/05/2024 | 31111085447736 |
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?
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