The War of 1812 continues. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage to the south Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.
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The War of 1812 continues. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage to the south Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.
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Good. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings and stamps inside. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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G+ in VG+ jacket. G+/VG+. 8vo. plain brown gilt (ex-library with FFE excised, fore-corner of half-title clipped, single rsm to verso title page, tape marks to pastedowns, tanning to paperstock) in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher with replacement £9.95 label, spine a little sunned, but clean & unworn); pp. 372 (last blank). A good reading copy in a decent dustwrapper. The tenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.
This is another in the wonderful series of 20 maritime adventure/spy/battle/love stories created by Patrick O'Brian. Whenever possible, I recommend obtaining the single copy version of this series. The larger combined novels are poorly edited.
My only complaint: O'Brian died before bringing this narrative to a satisfying close. He had nearly done with Captain Jack Aubrey, but a whole new adventure awaited the complex Doctor Steven Maturin. Great reads!
