The Thirteen Gun Salute (Vol. Book 13) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
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- Synopsis
- "In length the series is unique; in quality--and there is not a weak link in the chain--it cannot but be ranked with the best of twentieth century historical novels."--T. J. Binyon, Independent Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque. Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin--his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent--on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.
- Copyright:
- 1981
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393063660
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780393029741, 9780393309072
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 04/12/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Patrick O'Brian
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.