title: A Sea of Troubles (The John Pearce Naval Series)
author:  David Donachie 
description: High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine, and excitements on terra firma to match
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  # [About the Author](9780749012557_tableofcontents.html)
  
  DAVID DONACHIE was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding
  interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as
  well as the Roman Republic, and, under the pen-name of Jack Ludlow, has
  published a number of historical adventure novels. David lives in Deal with
  his partner, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # _A Sea of Troubles_
  
  
  DAVID DONACHIE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [_By David Donachie_
  
  
  THE JOHN PEARCE SERIES
  
  
  By the Mast Divided
  
  A Shot Rolling Ship
  
  An Awkward Commission
  
  A Flag of Truce
  
  The Admirals’ Game
  
  An Ill Wind
  
  Blown Off Course
  
  Enemies at Every Turn
  
  A Sea of Troubles
  
  _Written as Jack Ludlow_
  
  
  THE REPUBLIC SERIES
  
  
  The Pillars of Rome
  
  The Sword of Revenge
  
  The Gods of War
  
  THE CONQUEST SERIES
  
  
  Mercenaries
  
  Warriors
  
  Conquest
  
  THE ROADS TO WAR SERIES
  
  
  The Burning Sky
  
  A Broken Land
  
  A Bitter Field
  
  THE CRUSADES SERIES
  
  
  Son of Blood
  
  So