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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.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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Used availability for David Donachie's By the Mast Divided
Hardback Editions
February 2005 : UK Hardback
August 2004 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
September 2004 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
October 2007 : UK Audio Cassette
October 2007 : UK Audio CD
October 2007 : USA Audio edition
October 2007 : Australia Audio edition

Title: By the Mast Divided
Author(s): David Donachie
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon AU
October 2007 : Canada Audio edition

Title: By the Mast Divided
Author(s): David Donachie
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon CA
October 2007 : UK Audio edition

Title: By the Mast Divided
Author(s): David Donachie
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
September 2012 : USA, Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition