- Fiction, historical, Great britain, fiction, Chile, fiction, Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
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Classical in form, nostalgic, cool and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- November 9, 1999
- Pages
- 262
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., Random House Audio, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780754022923
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- Fiction, historical
- Great britain, fiction
- Chile, fiction
- Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Chile War of Independence, 1810-1824
- Sea stories
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- Fiction
- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
- Naval History
“The Surprise, lying well out in the channel with Gibraltar half a mile away on her starboard quarter, lying at a single anchor with her head to the freshening north-west breeze, piped all hands at four bells in the afternoon watch; and at the cheerful sound her tender Ringle, detached once more on a private errand by Lord Keith, cheered with the utmost good will, while the Surprises turned out with a wonderful readiness, laughing, beaming and thumping one another on the back in spite of a strong promise of rain and a heavy sea running already.”
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