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      By the Mast Divided

      by David Donachie
      Published
      Feb 2005
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      512
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      A Firebrand John Pearce Adventure Book 1

      About This Book

      London 1793: Young firebrand John Pearce is illegally pressganged from the refuge of the Pelican tavern to a 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 - fly Charlie Taverner; quiet Ben Walker; tired old Abel Scrivens; the bairn of the group, Rufus Dommet; the droll, tough Irish laborer, Michael O'Hagan; and the bumptious Gherson - pressed men like him, who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader. 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.

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Historical

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      Military Nautical

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      Sep 2007 Allison & Busby (UK) ISBN13 9780749082604 ISBN10 0749082607
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