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David Donachie (born 1944) is a Scottish nautical
historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ...
ist. He also writes under the pen-names Tom Connery and Jack Ludlow as well as, from 2019, "Jack Cole". He was elected to the Management Committee of the
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in 2014 and became chair in March 2016.


Personal life

Born in
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, Donachie now lives in Deal, Kent, with his novelist wife Sarah Grazebrook.


Series

, there were 27 books published under his own name and 20 under his pen-names. He is best known for his seafaring novels.


The Privateersman Mysteries

# ''The Devil's Own Luck'' (1991) # ''The Dying Trade'' (1993) # ''A Hanging Matter'' (1994) # ''An Element of Chance'' (1995) # ''The Scent of Betrayal'' (1996) # ''A Game of Bones'' (1997)


The Markham of the Marines Series (writing as Tom Connery)

# ''A Shred of Honour'' (1996) # ''Honour Redeemed'' (1997) # ''Honour Be Damned'' (1999)


Nelson and Emma

# ''On a Making Tide'' (2000) # ''Tested by Fate'' (2001) # ''Nelson: Breaking the Line'' (2001)


The John Pearce Series

# ''By the Mast Divided'' (2004) # ''A Shot Rolling Ship'' (2005) # ''An Awkward Commission'' (2006) # ''Flag of Truce'' (2008), his most widely held book; according to
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, the book is held in 402 libraries # ''The Admirals' Game'' (2008) # ''An Ill Wind'' (2009) # ''Blown off Course'' (2011) # '' Enemies at Every Turn'' (2011) # '' A Sea of Troubles'' (2012) # '' A Divided Command'' (2013) # '' The Devil to Pay'' (2014) # ''The Perils of Command'' (2015) # "A Treacherous Coast" (2016) # "On a particular service (2017) # "A close run thing" (2018) # "HMS Hazard" (2021)


The Contraband Shore Series

# ''The Contraband Shore'' (2018) # ''A Lawless Place'' (2019) # ''Blood Will Out'' (2019)


As Jack Cole

# ''Every Second Counts'' # ''Tight Lies''


The Republic Series (writing as Jack Ludlow)

# ''The Pillars of Rome'' (2007) # ''The Sword of Revenge'' (2008) # ''The Gods of War'' (2008)


The Crusades Trilogy (writing as Jack Ludlow)

# ''Son of Blood'' (2012) # ''Soldier of Crusade'' (2012) # ''Prince of Legend'' (2013)


The Conquest Series (writing as Jack Ludlow)

# ''Mercenaries'' # ''Warriors'' # ''Conquest'' # ''Hawkwood''


The Last Roman Trilogy (writing as Jack Ludlow)

# ''Vengeance'' (2014) # ''Honour'' (2014) # ''Triumph'' (2015)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donachie, David 1944 births Living people British historical novelists 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Nautical historical novelists Writers of historical mysteries British male novelists 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers