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"Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them...a brilliant book."—Mary Renault " We've beat them before and we'll beat them again. " In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge... read more

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First Sentence

At first dawn the swathes of rain drifting eastwards across the Channel parted long enough to show that the chase had altered course.

Series

This is book 2 in the Aubrey Maturin series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Patrick O'Brian (Author)
 

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