Enemies at Every Turn

This is book eight of the John Pearce series. In the last book Pearce was caught up in smugglers’ ring and smugglers are after him in this book. In this book Pearce is given a command by Pitt and sets off on a mission to contact the leaders of the rebellion in the Vendee. The situation is complicate......more

The 8th book in the long running John Pearce saga. A rip roaring read and good fun as he gets into a deeper tangle with the main characters that follow through the whole series. I think I need a short pause with a different type of read before continuing.......more

Poor imitation of Cornwell's Sharpe......more

I like Donachie's writing: descriptive, occasionally humerous, and very picturesque. However, Barclay the constant bogey is getting tiresome, our gallant Mr Pearce seems to hector Emily into a relationship rather against her will, and her only apparent notable - and repeated ad nauseum - characteris......more