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    A Game of Bones

    By David Donachie

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    Following an encounter with a mystery vessel, the red flags fluttering from the top masts of the "Bucephalas" signal that His Majesty's Navy has reached a state of mutiny. However, Harry Ludlow soon finds himself back at sea and staking everything he owns in a bid to alter the course of history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateDec 17, 2015
    ISBN9780749019327
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    David Donachie

    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, Kent with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook and their two children.

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