David Donachie (1944–2023)

Author of The Pillars of Rome

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About the Author

Born in Edinburgh in 1944, David Donachie has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal, show more Kent with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook and their two children. show less

Includes the names: Tom Connery, David Donachie, Donachie David

Disambiguation Notice:

David Donachie has also written as Tom Connery (The Markham of the Marines Series ) and Jack Ludlow (The Republic Series).

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Series

Republic

John Pearce

Privateersman Mysteries

Conquest Trilogy (Donachie)

Markham of the Marines

Works by David Donachie

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The Pillars of Rome (2010) 101 copies

By the Mast Divided (2004) 89 copies

Mercenaries (2009) 89 copies

A Shot Rolling Ship (2005) 72 copies

Sword of Revenge (2008) 71 copies

Warriors (2009) 69 copies

An Awkward Commission (2006) 68 copies

The Devil's Own Luck (1991) 67 copies

The Gods of War (2008) 63 copies

Conquest (1969) 59 copies

The Dying Trade (1993) 59 copies

The Admirals' Game (2009) 53 copies

A Flag of Truce (2008) 49 copies

A Hanging Matter (1994) 45 copies

The Scent Of Betrayal (1996) 44 copies

An Element of Chance (1995) 44 copies

A Shred of Honour (Markham of the Marines) Book 3 (1996) 43 copies

A Game of Bones (1997) 42 copies

On a Making Tide (2003) 42 copies

An Ill Wind (2009) 39 copies

Honour Redeemed (1997) 35 copies

Breaking The Line (2001) 33 copies

Honour Be Damned (1998) 33 copies

Son of Blood (2012) 32 copies

The Burning Sky: A Roads to War Novel Book 1 (2011) 30 copies

Blown Off Course (John Pearce) (2010) 29 copies

Enemies at Every Turn (2011) 26 copies

Tested by Fate (2004) 24 copies

Soldier Of Crusade (2012) 22 copies

Prince of Legend (2013) 21 copies

A sea of troubles (2012) 21 copies

Hawkwood (2016) 19 copies

The Devil to Pay (John Pearce 11) (2014) 18 copies

A Divided Command (2013) 18 copies

The Last Roman: Vengeance: 1 (2014) 16 copies

A Broken Land (2011) 16 copies

A Treacherous Coast (2016) 15 copies

A Bitter Field (2012) 15 copies

The Perils of Command (John Pearce) (2015) 14 copies

Triumph (2015) 13 copies

The Contraband Shore (2017) 12 copies

The Last Roman: Honour (2015) 10 copies

On a Particular Service (2017) 9 copies

A Close Run Thing (John Pearce) (2018) 7 copies

A Lawless Place (Contraband Shore) (2018) 4 copies

Mindjammer RPG: The Core Worlds 4 copies

Droits of the Crown: A John Pearce Adventure (Volume 18) (2023) 3 copies

Blood Will Out (Contraband Shore) (2019) 3 copies

Solipsist 3 copies

A Troubled Course (2022) 2 copies

HMS Hazard (2021) 2 copies

Conquest Trilogy Collection: Conquest, Warriors, Mercenaries (2011) 1 copy

The Night Alphabet (2018) 1 copy

Trafic au plus bas (2001) 1 copy

The Privateersman Mysteries- A Naval Saga (Individual Titles are listed by volume in Comments Below) 1 copy

Guerrieri (2016) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail (2001) — Introduction; Contributor — 33 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Connery, Tom
Ludlow, Jack
Birthdate: 1944
Date of death: 2023-12-21
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Places of residence: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Deal, Kent, England, UK
Occupations: salesman
Organizations: Society of Authors
Disambiguation notice: David Donachie has also written as Tom Connery (The Markham of the Marines Series ) and Jack Ludlow (The Republic Series).

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Reviews

Warriors (Conquest Trilogy 2) by Jack Ludlow

I found this quite disappointing after [b:Mercenaries|6930155|Mercenaries (The Conquest Trilogy #1)|Jack Ludlow|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348753385s/6930155.jpg|7160969], it was very hard to get into due to the long, long passages of dry narrative about convoluted politics and campaigning. There was very little engagement with the characters and their lives, to the extent that when William de Hauteville died I found it very hard to care.

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SuzieD | Jan 3, 2023 |

An Ill Wind by David Donachie

Not an exciting book with lots of repetitive scenes

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jamespurcell | 1 other review | Apr 8, 2022 |

A Shred of Honour (Markham of the Marines) by Tom Connery

An army officer drafted to lead a mixed group of marines and infantry. Mutual enmity between the groups and led by a disreputable, Irish and Catholic as well, leader caused them to be the expendables for action aship and on land. Lots of action, too much perhaps, welds the group into an effective fighting force and honour is redeemed.

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jamespurcell | 1 other review | Nov 16, 2019 |