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Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.
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‘The century’s finest sea stories’
Daily Mail
‘As entertaining as its predecessors. O’Brian is a master of the narrative of action, but he has sustained interest through this long sequence of novels by expanding the genre to which they belong so that it can include much else besides.’
Peter Campbell, London Review of Books
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Format:Paperback
Captain Jack Aubrey gets back his heart's desire and once again escorts ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin on important diplomatic missions. Espionage activity is uppermost but Stephen still manages to pursue flora and fauna, and Jack's excelllent seamanship skills once again protect from peril at sea.
Format:Paperback
You are never disapointed with Patrick O'Brian books. So far this book is as good as all the other books in the series.
Best points of his books are: Technical accuracy, sound knowledge of sea matters from that period and a good tale.
The down side is,at times the book he appears to ramble on with small bits of the story for too long, then all of a sudden the book races away and you can't put it down. Overall this is a good book to entertain you.
Best points of his books are: Technical accuracy, sound knowledge of sea matters from that period and a good tale.
The down side is,at times the book he appears to ramble on with small bits of the story for too long, then all of a sudden the book races away and you can't put it down. Overall this is a good book to entertain you.
Format:Paperback
I am totally hooked on Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books and have just finished The Thirteen Gun salute, no 13 in the series. One of the best so far and a thoroughly good read. O'Brian's knowledge and understanding of the way of life on a man of war is quite amazing. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the sea and I am looking forward to starting on the next one.
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Excellent historical novel continuing the series of Aubrey & Maturin.
Supplied by Afrohead on time and in good condition.
Supplied by Afrohead on time and in good condition.
Published on 24 Sep 2009 by Frank A. Haysom
Thirteenth in the series, not quite the best.
As the series continues (this is the 13th of 18 books) the time period which each book covers reduces, which has the effect of slowing down the action. Read more
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