H.M.S. Surprise: 3 (Aubrey Maturin Series) - Softcover

O'Brian, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393307611 ISBN 13: 9780393307610

Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991

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Críticas:

Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it. I read it cruising through the tame Adriatic, and several times found myself forced to pace about the deck to calm my pulse.... Patrick O'Brian's erudition is phenomenal, as is his capacity for creating another completely believable world. He convinces with his total accuracy even in tiny details. --Helen Lucy Burke"

Reseña del editor:

Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet...

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• Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0393307611
• ISBN 13: 9780393307610
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416