By the Mast Divided : A John Pearce Adventure - David Donachie Fiction long after its last page'

long after its last page' PAUL HARDING

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By the Mast Divided : A John Pearce Adventure - David Donachie Fiction long after its last page'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