By the Mast Divided - A John Pearce Adventure

Volume #1 in the John Pearce Adventures. 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. Shipboard life is hard, brutal, and dangerous—that anyone chooses it suggests that life ashore is even worse. But Pearce is not alone; he is drawn to a disparate group of men pressed alongside him who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.

About the author

By David Donachie

Product details

• Authors: David Donachie
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781493073979
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-7397-9
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 193 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: John Pearce
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Sea Stories, War & combat fiction, Sea stories, War, combat & military fiction