The Far Side of the World - Softcover

O'Brian, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393324761 ISBN 13: 9780393324761

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Captain Jack Aubrey, accompanied by ship's surgeon and intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, sails for Cape Horn, assigned to intercept an American frigate that is disrupting the British whaling trade.

About this title

Review:

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn, determined to intercept an American frigate before it can wreak havoc on the British whaling trade. As always, he is accompanied by intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, and as always, Aubrey has no idea of what his companion is up to. Another impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep.

From the Inside Flap:

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith
3 cassettes/ 5 hours

The 10th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series

The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.  Stephen Maturin has fish of his own to fry in the world of secret intelligence.  Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the pacific: typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0393324761
• ISBN 13: 9780393324761
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366