A Lawless Place: A Contraband Shore Novel - Paperback

by David Donachie (Author)

Volume #2 in The Contraband Shore trilogy. Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist his smuggling investigation. But with his love Betsey locked into a loveless marriage, Brazier is distracted. Only his ingenuity and cunning subterfuge will allow him to infiltrate Deal's smuggling gangs and unmask the ringleaders. But can Brazier survive long enough to bring them to justice?

Author Biography

David Donachie (1944-2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.