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This is the fifth volume (in order of publication) of the famous Aubrey-Maturin series by the late Patrick O'Brian.
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Captain Bligh (yes, the guy from the Bounty) needs to be rescued, and the Royal Navy has the perfect man for the job: Captain Jack Aubrey. With his friend and cloak-and-dagger expert Stephen Maturin in tow, Aubrey sets off for Australia. Several factors, including an attractive spy and a small-scale epidemic, conspire to change his plans, and before long his frigate is being pursued into Antarctic waters by a Dutch man-of-war. Five installments into the series, the Aubrey-Maturin story remains (to quote The Observer) "the best thing afloat since Horatio Hornblower."
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The 5th novel in Patrick O'Brian's hugely successful Aubrey/Maturin Series
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, out-gunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic where, in mountainous seas, the Duthman closes...
Three cassettes, Approx. 5 hours
The 5th novel in Patrick O'Brian's hugely successful Aubrey/Maturin Series
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, out-gunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic where, in mountainous seas, the Duthman closes...
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0006499244
- ISBN 13 9780006499244
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- Number of pages350
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America brewing, can Captain Jack Aubrey reach Australia in one piece?Outmanned and outgunned in a thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm, the crew of HMS Leopard discover they have become the quarry not the hunter.What is so gripping about OBrians novels is the completeness with which he invents a world which is our own and not our own . . . OBrian is a brilliant observer.A. S. BYATT, Evening StandardI fell in love with his writing straightaway. It wasnt primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships . . . Its about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me.KEITH RICHARDS On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780006499244
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