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    An Awkward Commission
    An Awkward Commission
    An Awkward Commission
    Audiobook9 hours

    An Awkward Commission

    Written by David Donachie

    Narrated by Peter Wickham

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    John Pearce’s recent promotion means that he is finally free to follow his own wishes – but the same can’t be said for his trio of closest friends. Whilst Pearce is indulging himself in London, they are shipped off to the Mediteranean. Riddled with guilt over leaving them, Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. His application to William Pitt finds him sailing off with secret despatches for Admiral Lord Hood. But when Captain Ralph Barclay puts the lives of his crew at risk in his vain search for glory, Pearce is obliged to embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateJun 1, 2007
    ISBN9781407977058
    An Awkward Commission
    Author

    David Donachie

    Born in Edinburgh in 1944, David Donachie has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal, Kent with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook and their two children.

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      Fabulous Entertainment ! The rebel John Pierce has stolen our hearts! How long will it take him to know that he is a born leader on the seas of awakening Napoleonic wars? Such fun! Brilliantly performed by Peter Wickham