The Mauritius Command: 4 (Aubrey/Maturin, 4) - Softcover

O'Brian, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393541614 ISBN 13: 9780393541618

Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1900

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The year is 1810 and Great Britain is again at war with France. British naval officer Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command, living in domestic bliss with his young family—until his friend Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore’s pennant and mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of carrying out these orders are compounded by two of Aubrey’s own captains: Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny. Meanwhile, news from home that will change the course of Aubrey’s life struggles to reach him.

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One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

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Praise for the Aubrey/Maturin Series and Patrick O’BrianNew York Times Book Review—Nicola Griffith, NPRThe Lord of the Rings—Ursula K. Le GuinLos Angeles Times Book Review—Eudora WeltyParis Review—Bill Bryson—A. S. Byatt—Joe HillNew York Times

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• Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1900
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393541614
• ISBN 13: 9780393541618
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 306
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