Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a Member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a ...
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Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a Member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour: in the storm waters off Brest he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivory, but this at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds into Jack's private fears for his career. Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
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Good. Good Jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Rubber stamp on the front endpaper. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st US edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Jacket illustration by Geoff Hunt. The 18th Jack Aubrey novel. ISBN 0393040445. 23139.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Aubrey-Maturin (Hardcover), 18. Audience: General/trade. listed 05/27/2018
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Very good in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 18. Audience: General/trade. Near Fine/Fine. Oct 1996 hardcover stated 1st (US) edition 1st printing with full number line. Tiny stain on bottom of back board, else in fine, apparently never read, condition.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Near fine, in near-fine dj. Appears unread, tight and stiff, light bump to spine head, else like new. Unclipped dj has very light rubs. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. 22 cm. Contains: Illustration. Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 18. Audience: General/trade.