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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Patrick O’Brian
- Language
- Released
- 1990
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick O’Brian
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0006178855
- ISBN13
- 9780006178859
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Adventure Fiction, Military Fiction, Wars, 19th century, English Literature, Napoleonic Wars, Sailboats, Royal Navy, Indian Ocean
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Rating
- 4.4 out of 5
- Description
- Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.