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Description edit
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts.
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Characters/People edit
- Stephen Maturin: Ship's surgeon and naturalist
- Jack Aubrey: "Lucky" Jack, Captain in the British Royal Navy
- Mrs Wogan: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Herapath
- Peggy
- Mr Babbington
- Mr Grant
- Sophie
- Bonden
- Captain Moore
- Killick: Captain Aubrey's steward, makes good coffee
- Joseph
- Martin
- Diana Villiers: Maturin's fickle love interest
- Andrew Wray
- Turnbull
- Mr Fisher
- Mr Pullings
- Mr Byron
- Carroll
- Larkin
- James
- Heywood
- Mrs Boswell
- Mrs Williams
- Mr Gray
- Captain Aubrey: "Lucky Jack," Post Captain in the British navy
- Louisa
- Mrs Broad
- Mr Burton
- George
- Howard
- Mrs Moon
- Joe
- Bligh
- Tom
First Sentence edit
The breakfast-parlour was the most cheerful room in Ashgrove Cottage, and although the builders had ruined the garden with heaps of sand and unslaked lime and bricks, and although the damp walls of the new wing in which this parlour stood still smelt of plaster, the sun poured in, blazing on the covered silver dishes and lighting the face of Sophie Aubrey as she sat there waiting for her husband.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 21 in Aubrey-Maturin. (standard series)
Preceded by The Mauritius Command , and followed by The Fortune of War .
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patrick O'Brian (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 9780393308129
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 9780393308129
Page Count: 336
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( O ) › O'Brian, Patrick
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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