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H.M.S. Surprise
Aubrey - Maturin Series, Book 3
Patrick O'Brian
November 15, 1994 · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company · 379 pp
ISBN 9780393037036 · English · US · Dewey 823.914
"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...
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- 1973HMS Surprise
1979The Fortune of WarSixième épisode des aventures maritimes du capitaine Jack Aubrey.
1980The Surgeon's Mate
1981The Ionian Mission
1983Treason's Harbour
1984The Far Side of the World
1986The Reverse of the MedalFirst edition in Polish.
1988The Letter of MarqueIn The Letter of Marque, Jack is once again aboard his beloved Surprise but stripped of his post captaincy for a crime he did not commit. Bought by Stephen, the Surprise has become a privateer. Sailing into French waters, the two concoct a desperate mission which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from his state of disgrace. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value and Stephen's fondness for opium make this segment of O'Brian's masterful series both original and profoundly exciting.
1989The Thirteen-Gun Salute- 1991The Nutmeg of Consolation
- 1992Clarissa Oakes
1993The Wine-Dark Sea1st American ed.
1996The Yellow AdmiralPatrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
- 1998The Hundred Days
1999Blue at the Mizzen- 2004The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
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1995 · Hardcover
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2003 · Audiobook
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