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H. M. S. Surprise

By Patrick O'Brian

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
1994
ISBN
0393037037, 9780393037036
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1322983 bytes)
Series
Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Volume
Vol. Book 3
Pages
384\240
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

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...

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