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| A SHOT ROLLING SHIP David Donachie's 2nd.John Pearce novel |
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A Shot Rolling Ship by DAVID DONACHIE 1st. [ 10987654321 ] |
A black cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine in Near Fine condition. In a Very Good Plus unclipped dust wrapper now in a protective sleeve. £10.00 plus Postage & Packing |
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Jacket blurb
Pressed into King George's Navy for the second time in a month, John Pearce and his Pelicans find themselves working aboard HMS Griffin, sailing the Channel from Plymouth to Diwer 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.
For Pearce's crew members, life aboard Griffin is far from rewarding: a slow and overcrowded ship, Griffin finds it hard to catch her:prey, meaning that the promised bounty from the captured ships never materialises. But 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. With the help of his Pelicans, Pearce attempts to start a mutiny. — the less effective the ship, the less happy the crew and the more chance he has of escaping when the ship enters harbour. But in Benjamin Colbourne, the Captain aboard Griffin, Pearce discovers a man with a subtle mind, who finds a way to both meet his needs, as well as to make it appear to the Pelicans that their leader has deserted them.
Travelling to France, Pearce discovers that his worst fears have become reality: he is too late to save 'his father, who is sent to the guillotine. What else is Pearce to do but return to the Griffin to put right the appearance of, betrayal with which he left, and to learn his sea-going trade in order to exact revenge...
Entwining historical rack with fictitious characters, David Donachie has once again created a masterpiece of nautical adventure fiction.
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