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Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1991-05-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393088464 |
Download H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves on a prolonged voyage aboard a Royal Navy frigate en route to the Malay Peninsula. In this new sphere, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy who enjoys overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could secure him a marriage to his beloved Sophie and make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393037043 |
Download The Mauritius Command Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Stephen Maturin brings Captain Jack Aubrey secret orders to lead an expedition against the French islands of Mauritius and La Reunion, but the conduct of two of his own officers threatens the success of the mission.
Author | : Brian Lavery |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393070095 |
Download The Frigate Surprise Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The HMS "Surprise" starred as the principal ship in Patrick O'Brian's much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of novels. This volume narrates the career of HMS "Surprise" in both her historical and fictional roles.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2011-12-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393088529 |
Download Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat....For Conradian power of description and sheer excitement there is nothing in naval fiction to beat the stern chase as the outgunned Leopard staggers through mountain waves in icy latitudes to escape the Dutch seventy-four." —Stephen Vaughan, Observer Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy—and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393037074 |
Download The Surgeon's Mate Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 menacing. The chase that follows is as thrilling and unexpected as anything O'Brian has written. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393037098 |
Download Treason's Harbour Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1990-08-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393059936 |
Download Post Captain (Vol. Book 2) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.” —Time It’s 1802. The Treaty of Amiens has brought an end to the hostilities between Great Britain and France. Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, naval surgeon Stephen Maturin, are enjoying the respite in the English countryside, besotted with two beautiful cousins, Sophie Williams and Diana Villiers—until Aubrey loses his fortune and they flee to France to escape his creditors. While in France, Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens and war begins anew. Aubrey and Maturin, now finding themselves behind enemy lines, make their way back to England. Maturin is sent to Spain on an intelligence-gathering mission and the now-solvent Aubrey assumes command of a strange warship, pursuing his quarry straight into the mouth of a French-held harbor. Amidst the rollicking adventures at sea and mishaps on land, Aubrey and Maturin’s friendship is tested by their romantic entanglements with the cousins in this brilliant second installment of the epic series.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0007255837 |
Download Master and Commander Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393037104 |
Download The Far Side of the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe.
Author | : Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2011-12-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393063658 |
Download The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Fine stuff...[The Letter of Marque] leaves the devotee of naval fiction eager for sequels." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship’s surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value, and Maturin’s fondness for opium make this segment of Patrick O’Brian’s masterful series both original and profoundly exciting.