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Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-05-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval of
Language: en
Pages: 356
Pages: 356
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Maturin brings Captain Jack Aubrey secret orders to lead an expedition against the French islands of Mauritius and La Reunion, but the conduct of two of
Language: en
Pages: 152
Pages: 152
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
The HMS "Surprise" starred as the principal ship in Patrick O'Brian's much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of novels. This volume narrates the career of HMS "S
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-05 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat....For Conradian power of description and sheer excitement there is nothing in n
Language: en
Pages: 392
Pages: 392
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for