This is the 17th novel in the remarkable Aubrey/Maturin series. Set in the early 19th century, Aubrey and Maturin take a small fleet of ships to the Gulf of Guinea to put down the slave trade. Their secret mission, however, is to destroy a French fleet that is planning on mounting an invasion of England via Ireland. The mission tests Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's cunning. But Maturin returns home to a greater trial. His daughter seems autistic and his wife, Diana, has disappeared, unable to bear it.
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This is the 17th novel in the remarkable Aubrey/Maturin series. Set in the early 19th century, Aubrey and Maturin take a small fleet of ships to the Gulf of Guinea to put down the slave trade. Their secret mission, however, is to destroy a French fleet that is planning on mounting an invasion of England via Ireland. The mission tests Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's cunning. But Maturin returns home to a greater trial. His daughter seems autistic and his wife, Diana, has disappeared, unable to bear it.
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