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""A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff.""-- ""Manchester Evening News"" ""Battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match . . .""-- ""Literary Review"" ""High adventure and detection cunningly spliced.""-- ""Times of London Literary Review"" (Praise for David Donachie's other books) ""Exciting and unpredictable.""-- ""The Bookbag""

(Praise for David Donachie's other books) ""Exciting and unpredictable."" -- ""The Bookbag"" ""A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff."" -- ""Manchester Evening News"" ""Battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match . . ."" -- ""Literary Review"" ""High adventure and detection cunningly spliced."" -- ""Times of London Literary Review""

“High adventure and detection cunningly spliced.” * Times of London Literary Review * “A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff.” * Manchester Evening News * “Battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match . . ."" * Literary Review * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “Pure adventure with excitement and daring all the way . . . historical fiction at its very best.” * Historical Novels Review Online * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “High-speed epic from an ace storyteller.” * Daily Sport * (Praise for David Donachie's other books) “Exciting and unpredictable.” * The Bookbag *

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David Donachie (1944–2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.

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