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The Admirals' Game
- Author
- David Donachie
- Narrator
- Peter Wickham
- Publisher
- Soundings
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2009
- Run Time
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- David Donachie
- Narrator
- Peter Wickham
- Duration
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2009
- ISBN
- 9781407909516
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Soundings
- Genre
- Historical adventure fiction
Synopsis
1794. Lieutenant John Pearce is caught between a feuding trio of admirals. One puts him in a position of danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission in order to protect his friends, the Pelicans. Meanwhile, Pearce is also 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. Her cowardly nephew has become a pawn in the Admiral’s game, the objective of which is to finally silence Pearce. After returning to France, Pearce has finally got the evidence he needs to nail Barclay. But the siege is coming to a climax and time is running out for Pearce…
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