By the Mast Divided by David Donachie

By the Mast Divided

John Pearce #1

David Donachie

352 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical informative medium-paced

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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 ...

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