By The Mast Divided by David Donachie
By The Mast Divided by David Donachie
Audiobook Unabridged | English | June 30, 2008 | ISBN: 1407900293 | mp3 | 1 ch 64 Kbps | 15 hrs 6 min | 415 MB
Audiobook Unabridged | English | June 30, 2008 | ISBN: 1407900293 | mp3 | 1 ch 64 Kbps | 15 hrs 6 min | 415 MB
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. David Donachie cleverly weaves these fictional characters into true historical situations to produce a compelling and utterly absorbing introductory novel.
By The Mast Divided by David Donachie
