A Divided Command

Name: A Divided Command
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: David Donachie
ISBN: 9781407946016

Author: David Donachie

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2014

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Unbeknown to John Pearce, the private letter he is delivering on behalf of the prime minister carries the dismissal of the very man he is sailing to see. The need for a government majority to pursue the war with France means John Pearce must step down as Britain’s best sailor, regretfully relinquishing the position to the incompetent Admiral Hotham. Hotham is equally less than pleased about John Pearce, as he is the one person who knows the truth about his dishonest naval career. Pearce knows Hotham will try and destroy him any way he can to keep from being exposed, so he must navigate the dangerous waters whilst trying to return to Emily Barclay, the woman he loves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on July 16, 2015

At the end of the last book Pearce left Emily in the Tuscan port of Leghorn and sailed on to fleet command Mediterranean headquarters to deliver a letter from the Admiralty to Admiral Hotham. Unfortunately it was a letter of promotion for the Admiral. Pearce gets tangled in a political plot that put......more

Goodreads review by CJ Payne on September 20, 2019

Yet another good book in this series. If you want all naval action, like Hornblower, then "bear away". However, please "lay along side" This series brings to life characters from many walks of life in the early Napoleonic era, and gives great insight from people before the mast, to politicians at the......more

Goodreads review by David on August 25, 2017

man delivers letter. skirmish at sea. a poor sea faring novel. only the last 10 pages give an impression of being at sea and even then.......more

Goodreads review by Don on November 05, 2019

good......more