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This novel follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy, as he accepts a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the Indian sub-continent where the French have a strong local superiority.Read More

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    Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation. H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals colleagues and the enemy accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority. Rarely has a novel managed to convey more vividly the fragility of a sailing ship in a wild sea. Rarely has a historical novelist combined action and lyricism of style in the way that O' Brian does. His superb sense of place brilliant characterisation and a vigour and joy of writing lift O'Brian above any but the most exalted of comparisons.

  • Foyles

    How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival?Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance.Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination. Ahead of him and his crew are the new sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and the terrifying hazards of an archipelago of islands in the East Indies, where their French enemies have near overwhelming superiority.‘Combines adventure and the art of the novel with an astonishing finesse.’FRANCIS SPUFFORD‘Few, very few, books have made my heart thump with excitement. HMS Surprise managed it.’HELEN LUCY BURKE, Irish Times

  • BookDepository

    HMS Surprise : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780006499176 : 0006499171 : 04 Nov 2002 : How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival?

  • 0006499171
  • 9780006499176
  • Patrick O'Brian
  • 1 April 2010
  • Harper
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • (Reissue)
  • Special Edition
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