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HMS Surprise (Aubrey-Maturin) Book

H. M. S. Surprise : Paperback : WW Norton & Co : 9780393307610 : 0393307611 : 25 Jul 1991 : "The best historical novels ever written."" -Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review"Read More

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    This third segment takes Jack Aubrey to the Indian subcontinent, where both the waters and the terrain are full of unfamiliar dangers. There is, however, a prize in the offing: a flotilla of French ships sent to attack the China Fleet. If Aubrey and Maturin can intercept the French, their fortunes will be made. But can they? Join Captain Aubrey on the quarterdeck and find out for yourself.

  • Product Description

    "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press 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 dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet...

  • 0393307611
  • 9780393307610
  • Patrick O'Brian
  • 25 July 1991
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • 1st American Ed
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