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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the seventeenth book in the series. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold -- to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish. Invention and surprise follow at every turn in this tale of nineteenth-century seamanship, as rich, as compelling, as masterly as any of its predecessors.
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After several installments of gallivanting around the South Seas, Aubrey and Maturin return home to England, where the surgeon-cum-intelligence-agent discovers that his wife has disappeared. As if such a domestic crisis weren't enough, the intrepid pair are also dispatched to the Gulf of Guinea (to suppress the slave trade) and to Ireland (to rebuff an impending French invasion.) O'Brian's stunning range, coupled with his mind-bending command of minutiae, explain why James Hamilton-Paterson has called him "the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars."
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. To whom does ones true allegiance lie? Jack Aubreys long service has at last been rewarded with promotion to the rank of commodore, and a squadron of ships to command. His new commission is twofold first, inhibit the slave trade off the coast of West Africa, and then, on his return, intercept a French fleet loaded with weapons intended for the disaffected Irish.But will the conflict of loyalties be insurmountable for his friend, and Irishman, Stephen Maturin?His novels are . . . as delicately perceptive about the human condition as the Jane Austen novels that OBrian himself so much admired.CHRISTINA HARDYMENT, IndependentOne of the most brilliantly sustained pieces of historical fictional writing this century.JAMES TEACHER, Spectator From the author of Master and Commander, Post Captain and HMS Surprise, a sea story featuring Jack Aubrey, who is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is to make a dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry bay. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780006499329
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