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By the Mast Divided Author: David Donachie

ISBN: 9780749008116 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 349 Published: 5 May 2005 Dimensions (cm): 17.7 x 11 x 3 Description: 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 ...

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