- Ship captains, History, Naval, Ship physicians, Fiction
In this book the characters of Clarrisa Oakes, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin emerge more complex, sophisticated and wholly mature beings than ever before as they reflect on the past and try to divine the future - supported by the author's sense of human possibility.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemplative and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- September 18, 2000
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Random House Audio, Thorndike Press, HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781419359941
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