The Thirteen-Gun Salute - Hardcover

O'Brian, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002234602 ISBN 13: 9780002234603

Publisher: Collins, 1989

Synopsis

A novel in which Jack Aubrey and his old friend Dr Maturin escape from an attack by Malay pirates, only to become embroiled in the more furtive and treacherous conflicts of the penal settlements of New South Wales. From the author of TESTIMONIES.

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Review:

Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.

From the Back Cover:

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea, shepherding a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes. Stephen Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and at the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well-entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0002234602
• ISBN 13: 9780002234603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 319