Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders, Aubrey soon finds himself in command of a frigate and setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope. But, in Nelson's navy, ...
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Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders, Aubrey soon finds himself in command of a frigate and setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope. But, in Nelson's navy, there are as many enemies within as without. 'A few books work their way . . . onto [bestseller] lists by genuine, lasting excellence - witness The Lord of the Rings, or Patrick O'Brian's sea stories.' URSULA K. LE GUIN 'I devoured Patrick O'Brian's twenty-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog.' CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
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Fine. Book Outstanding Copy-Easton Press Edition. Charcoal Leather With Gold Lettering. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered.
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VERY GOOD+ IN A NEAR FINE D.J. A JACK AUBREY NOVEL. BOOK HAS SLIGHT DAMPING TO THE SPINE HEEL WITH A TOUCH OF COLOR OFFSET TO THE ENDPAPERS AND VERSO OF D.J. BUT IS OTHERWISE A FRESH AND CLEAN COPY WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. OTHER THAN THE OFFSET MENTIONED ABOVE THAT DOES NOT AFFECT RECTO, AND SOME MODEST TONING TO THE FLAPS, D.J. IS FINE. AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.