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"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by... read more

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First Sentence

'But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy.

Series

This is book 3 in the Aubrey Maturin series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Patrick O'Brian (Author)
 

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