A Hanging Matter

by David Donachie Narrated by Peter Wickham

Overview

1794...Returning to England, Harry and James become embroiled in a vicious struggle between rival smugglers played out in the English Channel. Witnesses to a bloody confrontation, they flee to Deal - only to find that, behind its picturesque facade, the town is a haven for traders in contraband, seething with corruption and violence. The Ludlow brothers' search for a well-deserved rest quickly turns into a savage contest of wills between Harry and an unseen enemy who intends to protect his livelihood by any means available.

Editorial Reviews

Daily Sport

High-speed epic from an ace storyteller.

The Bookbag

Exciting and unpredictable.

Historical Novels Review Online

Pure adventure with excitement and daring all the way. .. historical fiction at its very best.

Literary Review

High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match.

Cambridge Evening News

Outflanking and out-gunning C. S. Forester.

From the Publisher

"A must for armchair mariners . . . it's superb stuff."  —Manchester Evening News



"With vivid and accurate shipboard action, storm havoc and battle scenes, Donachie has made Ludlow the most compulsively readable amateur detective since Dick Francis' latest ex-jockey."  —Cambridge Evening News

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177413105
Publisher:	Soundings, Limited
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Privateersman Mystery , #3
Edition description:	Unabridged

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