Hardcover. Condition: New. "[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page.You're in for a wonderful voyage."-Cutler Durkee, People Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck. A vicious attack by Malay pirates is repulsed, but the makeshift vessel burns, and they are truly marooned. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the whimsy and ingenuity of Patrick O'Brian-or Stephen Maturin-could devise.In command now of a new ship, the Nutmeg, Aubrey pursues his interrupted mission. The dreadful penal colony in New South Wales, harrowingly described, is the backdrop to a diplomatic crisis provoked by Maturin's Irish temper, and to a near-fatal encounter with the wildlife of the Australian outback.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 0393030326 ISBN 13: 9780393030327
Language: English
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.25.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 0393030326 ISBN 13: 9780393030327
Language: English
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 1.25.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 0393030326 ISBN 13: 9780393030327
Language: English
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. 1.1800.
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 8.25x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 0393030326 ISBN 13: 9780393030327
Language: English
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.