| Author: | Patrick O'Brian | ISBN: | 9780393088496 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | December 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Patrick O'Brian |
| ISBN: | 9780393088496 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | December 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
"A marvellously full-flavoured, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat."—Times Literary Supplement
Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.
"A marvellously full-flavoured, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat."—Times Literary Supplement
Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.
