Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Donachie
added reviews of a couple of his books and some essays that discuss his work and that of 3 or 4 other authors of seafaring historicals. I think there's enough here to pass, in additions ot the fact that  lists of popular series are useful - as evidenced that his page has been getting 25-30 hits a day since 15 August 1781 (that's the day Admiral Nelson took command of  HMS Albemarle (1779)|HMS Albemarle - adding link the landlubbers among us
— User:E, 19:15, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Editing policy)