A Shot Rolling Ship (The John Pearce Naval Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0749081058 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Don Alfonso Boswas said Excellent naval history fiction. Well worth reading. Excellent naval history fiction.. George Russell said Great Character Developement.. This second, in what I hope to be a long series, is most interesting in that the main character is so reluctant to take on what he has to do. He is swept along by unfolding history, and his own inate capabilities, to become more and more a leader and man of consequence. A rich read!. Amazon Fan said A good All Around Naval Series. I have about 100 British naval series books and David Donachie has written two of the series. This series has some different perspectives about the 1770 to 18"A good All Around Naval Series" according to Amazon Fan. I have about 100 British naval series books and David Donachie has written two of the series. This series has some different perspectives about the 1770 to 1820 time period that the others do not have. A good enjoyable all around book. David is still writting and I have just recieved his newest which continues the saga of Lt. Pearce who doesn't want to be a lieutenant in the British navy. The only lieutenant in any of the series books who talks back to Admirals, because he doesn't care if they kick him out of the navy.. 0 time period that the others do not have. A good enjoyable all around book. David is still writting and I have just recieved his newest which continues the saga of Lt. Pearce who doesn't want to be a lieutenant in the British navy. The only lieutenant in any of the series books who talks back to Admirals, because he doesn't care if they kick him out of the navy.
'High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine, and excitements on terra firma to match' --Literary Review
Pressed into King George's Navy for the second time in a month, John Pearce and his Pelicans find themselves working aboard the HMS Brazen, sailing the Channel from Plymouth to Dover in search of the numerous French privateers that prey on English merchant shipping: her task to stop them and, if possible, to capture or destroy them. Pearce is thereby freed to leave the ship immediately--which appears to the remaining Pelicans as though their leader has deserted them.. He tries mutiny, the crew being readied by failure, but Captain Benjamin Colbourne is quick and smartly promotes Pearce to Midshipman. Pearce has greater things on his mind--he must rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris and to do that he must somehow leave the ship
. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. DAVID DONACHIE was born in Edinburgh in 1944 and has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. The author of a number of bestselling books, he know