By the Mast Divided

By the Mast Divided by David Donachie

David Donachie has written a stunning new series of twelve naval history books tracing the heroic career of young John Pearce to Post Captain. London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on its way to war. In the first few days Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. But he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader. Shipboard life is hard, brutal and dangerous. That anyone chooses it suggest that life ashore is worse. The Pelicans find solidarity in facing together the cruelty of their hard-nosed captain, Barclay, and the daily threat of bullying, flogging - even murder. The one light on the horizon is the captain's young, curvaceous wife, Emily. During an action-packed two weeks, as HMS Brilliant chases a French privateer across the English Channel, this disparate group of men form friendships that will last a lifetime. David Donachie cleverly weaves these fictional characters into true historical situations to produce a compelling and utterly absorbing introductory novel.

David Donachie was born in Edinburgh and now lives in Kent. A full-time writer, he is the author of the Henry Ludlow series, The Privateersman Mysteries, and has written three books under the name of Tom Connery and John Howard respectively.

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ISBN 13	9780749083502
ISBN 10	0749083506
Title	By the Mast Divided
Author	David Donachie
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Allison & Busby
Year published	2004-01-08
Number of pages	320
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