Blown Off Course, David Donachie
Blown Off Course, David Donachie
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Blown Off Course

Author: David Donachie

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2011


Synopsis

Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty. Sitting in the tavern where they were first press ganged, Pearce considers his future. Lacking the evidence of perjury he once had to bring to justice Captain Ralph Barclay, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s young wife, Emily, is refusing to live under the same roof as him and she has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes lost at sea. Pearce’s companions finally arrive in London just in time to join Pearce in fetching a ship laden with contraband back from France, an illegal act but very profitable. Are Pearce and his Pelicans sailing into prosperity – or danger?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on April 06, 2015

This is the seventh book in the John Pearce Series. This series must be read in order otherwise one is lost. The first half of the book deals with Pearce and the Pelicans trying to have the Admiralty agree to try Captain Barclay for perjury. All of the evidence Pearce had went down with the sinking o......more

Goodreads review by S Glenn on February 09, 2011

As usual, character is consistent and the history is real. Great author and intriguing series.......more

Goodreads review by Sonny on December 28, 2016

Not as good as the other books I have read in this series. Too much time spent on romance and not enough on the high seas as the cover states.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 03, 2022

I’ve read this before And it bugs me that it is marketed as a new book. I guess my old man memory is partially to blame. Getting tired of the unending romance......more

Goodreads review by Peter on March 03, 2013

Continuing saga. A bit thin in second half......more