by David Donachie · Phébus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782859406783
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«Une Chance du diable» is the adventure and mystery novel by David Donachie, published by Phébus in paperback (324 pages, in French).
The brothers James and Harry Ludlow, English privateers against revolutionary France, are rescued after the sinking of their ship. But their saviors, aboard the «Le Magnanime», are not allies: their captain wants them dead. When the second-in-command is found murdered and the evidence points to James, Harry must clear his name.
First installment of the «Privateersman Mysteries» series; originally published in English as «The Devil's Own Luck» (1993).
For readers of historical and maritime fiction with a mystery element.
David Donachie was a British nautical historical novel novelist. He also wrote under the pen-names Tom Connery and Jack Ludlow as well as, from 2019, Jack Cole.
