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David Donachie
The loyalty of brothers . . . the betrayal of warriors. In eleventh-century Italy, William de Hauteville, oldest of the mercenary de Hauteville brothers, and his men are the Lombards'…
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"Under Robert Guiscard, the de Hautevilles have grown in importance and power throughout Italy and, through the Papacy, all of Christendom. Now it is Robert's son Bohemund's turn to take…
The second volume in the powerful Crusades trilogy
1096: The Pope has called for a crusade to free Jerusalem, and half the warriors of Europe have responded. Among them is…
The final volume in the powerful Crusades trilogy
The crusading armies go from besieging the citadel of Antioch to themselves being besieged. Although Bohemund, leader of the Apulian Normans, manages…
In twenty years, the de Hauteville brothers have risen from penniless obscurity to become the most potent warrior family in Christendom: depended on by the Pope, feared by Byzantium, and…
1033, on the Norman-French border: It is thirty years before William Duke of Normandy sails to England and does battle at Hastings, but the events leading up to that epic…
David Donachie (Author)
For all those readers clamouring for high-seas adventures in the style of Master and Commander
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Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s wife has the means to…
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…
Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist his investigation into smuggling activity in Deal. However, with his love Betsey now locked into a loveless marriage with…
Captain Edward Brazier, recently paid off from his frigate and comfortably off with prize money, he is headed to Deal to propose marriage to the young and lovely widow Betsey…
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The first in a brand-new historical adventure series from the author of the John Pearce naval adventures
Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but those from whom he could seek help have no idea where he is Aca’“ although neither do…
Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist his investigation into smuggling activity in Deal. However, with his love Betsy now locked into a loveless marriage with…
1794: Stuck in the Mediterranean, headstrong lieutenant John Pearce must repair his battle-damaged ship, face a court-martial, and survive a battle against a bloodthirsty and piratical Turk.
1794: Stationed in the Mediterranean, John Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot and fighting against a superior force of Barbary corsairs.
John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. He must find a way off the…
John Pearce is entrusted with the task of escorting 5,000 radical French sailors to a port on the Atlantic coast where they are to be set free. But when the…
Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole - they want bloody revenge and are prepared to chase him to the ends of…
Volume #2 in the Roads to War series. 1936: Cal Jardine finds himself caught up in the Spanish Civil War, his new compatriots a group of athletes who are in…
Volume #3 in the Roads to War series. 1938: While Hitler sets his sights on the Sudetenland, not everyone in Britain is willing to appease him. Convinced that the Fuhrer's…
Volume #1 in The Last Roman trilogy. It is the sixth century of the Byzantium Empire. When Flavius Belisaurius witnesses the death of his father and the irretrievable tarnishing of…
Fourteenth-century Italy: The Hundred Years’ War is over and the country is in upheaval as desperate cities struggle against both each other and venal Papal rule. Unable to rely on…
Winter 1795: Lieutenant John Pearce, reckoning to have finally ditched his old enemy, Admiral Hotham, has found a new one in Henry Digby, previously a friend. Meanwhile, Pearce's pregnant and…
John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship, having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate and that's before they are at risk…
1796: Lieutenant John Pearce is hiding in the smugglers' hub of Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known only to him as Oliphant, trapped in French territory with no way out…
In the tradition of Patrick O'Brian's adventure novels and C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series, A Shred of Honour is an epic of eighteenth-century warfare that introduces Lieutenant George Markham of…
Volume #3 of the Markham of the Marines trilogy. As the war with France drags on, the Revolution is turning on itself. Markham and his men are assigned to the…
John Pearce’s promotion means that he is free to follow his own wishes. While Pearce is indulging himself in London, his trio of friends are shipped off to the Mediterranean…
Latest instalment in the acclaimed John Pearce series
Volume #3 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Three fearless men - Brennos, Aquila, and Marcellus - are drawn into the endless battles of ancient Rome's fiery war, fighting for power…
Volume #2 in The Last Roman trilogy. Justinian desperately wants the lost provinces returned to his rule but must first dispatch his brave general, Belisarius, to fight the Persians. Concerned…
Volume #3 in The Last Roman trilogy. Sixth-century Byzantium is a hotbed of intrigue. Count Flavius Belisarius, the empire's most successful military leader, must navigate a world infested with too…
Volume #1 in the Roman Republic trilogy. In a dark cave, two young boys appeal to the Roman oracle for a glimpse of their future. The Sybil draws the blood-red…
After situating his previous crew in comfort, John Pearce charts his return home to his pregnant darling Emily. He is tasked with outsmarting his enemies Admiral William Hotham and Emily's…
With his fiery Irish blood and well-known reputation for trouble, Lieutenant George Markham leads his embattled Royal Marines against the French in Corsica. His mission: to seize the island. His…
Lieutenant John Pearce is trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay. Barclay’s own wife has turned against him, but by law she cannot testify against her husband…
Lieutenant John Pearce undertakes an urgent commission from Lord Hood to track down midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay who, estranged from her husband, is now under Pearce’s protection…
Fugitive Billy Houston, keen to bring about a Nazi-run Britain, needs money. Intent on burglary, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain. Billy must…
1787: Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but those from whom he could seek help have no idea where he is-although neither do his…
Volume #2 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Rome has lost its greatest warrior - for Aulus, the doom-laden prophecy of forty years earlier has come to pass. It is now…
Privateer Harry Ludlow finds himself aboard the navy’s 74-gun Magnanime, with his younger brother James. In command is Oliver Carter, a captain with whom Harry has an unfortunate history. When…
Arriving in the squalid port of Genoa, Harry and James find a tinderbox of tension, fed by the discovery of a hanged English sea captain and packs of English and…
Returning to England, Harry and James become embroiled in a vicious struggle between rival smugglers played out in the English Channel.
When his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit of Toner’s ship. Toner reaches the West Indies with Harry…
The discovery of an abandoned Spanish merchant ship off the coast of America plunges Harry Ludlow into a far-reaching conspiracy fueled by jealousy, ambition, and nationalistic fervor.
The long-awaited return of the Bucephalas to the safety of the Cinque Ports is interrupted by a disastrous engagement in the Channel. The looming shape of a merchantman becalmed in…
