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Description edit
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Stephen Maturin: Add a description of this character.
- Jack Aubrey
- Ariel
- Diana Villiers
- Minnie
- Bullock
- Sophie
- Duhamel
- Joseph
- Captain Aubrey
- Mr Jagiello
- Shannon
- Mr Hyde
- Mr Dalgleish
- Jason
- Babbington
- Johnson
- Rousseau
- Mr Pellworm
- Beck
- Mr Grimmond
- Mr Henry
- Humphreys
- Wittgenstein
- James
- Buonaparte
- Draper
- Blaine
- Mr Fenton
- Wallis
- George
- Aldington
- Harriet
- Grimsholm
- Thatcher
- Miss Smith
- Dane
- Nelson
First Sentence edit
The long harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia on a long, long summer's day, and two frigates gliding in on the tide of flood under their topsails alone: the first, since she had belonged to the United States navy until a few days before, wore the Stars and Stripes under a white ensign; the second showed no more than her own shabby colours, for she was HMS Shannon, the winner in that short and bloody action with the Chesapeake.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 21 in Aubrey-Maturin. (standard series)
Preceded by The Fortune of War , and followed by The Ionian Mission .
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patrick O'Brian (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Collins
Country: England
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0002224062
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Collins
Country: England
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0002224062
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( O ) › O'Brian, Patrick
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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