
An Element of Chance
David Donachie
(Author)Description
1795: 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 close behind and they sail into a maelstrom of piracy, corruption, and murder.
Product Details
Publisher | McBooks Press |
Publish Date | May 01, 2002 |
Pages | 462 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781590130179 |
Dimensions | 8.4 X 5.5 X 1.3 inches | 1.3 pounds |
About the Author
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.
Reviews
Exciting and unpredictable.
High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match.
High-speed epic from an ace storyteller.
Outflanking and out-gunning C. S. Forester.
Pure adventure with excitement and daring all the way . . . historical fiction at its very best.
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