The Admirals' Game

This is the fifth book in the John Pearce Pelican series. Please note you should read this series in order as each book builds on the next. The series is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution in 1794. We learned in prior books that Pearce and a group of men from the Pelican Pub was gang......more

Picked this up from a caravan park laundry on little more than the strength of feeling like reading something shippy, and the book having quite a nice shippy cover. So it was with middling expectations that I was pleasantly surprised. Well written historical fiction which nicely balances drama with f......more

Nothing really happens. In anime we would say a filler episode. Pearce does some sailing around. Barclay gets shot. and the admirals still play their chess. A bit lik C.S Forester's Flying Colours.......more

The 5th book in series. Not so much centered on the original main character. In fact, some of the other characters more interesting. Some of the subplots feel like 'padding out' so tend to slow the pace.......more

I did try to keep with the series after struggling with A Flag of Truce. Unfortunately i just could not get to like Pearce so i have abandoned the series.......more