H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey Maturin Series)
 

H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey Maturin Series)

by Patrick O'Brian

The stakes are high as HMS Surprise opens, and actor Robert Hardy's sterling reading never lets you forget them. Hardy makes Patrick O'Brian's third novel of high-seas adventure--written in 1973 and set mainly in 1805 on the waters surrounding India and the Orient--seem as immediate as an overdrawn checking account. Money plays a big role, and Captain Jack Aubrey stands to make a lot of ... (read more)

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