- Ship captains, Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character), Naval History, Ship physicians
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- February 1, 2005
- Pages
- 325
- Publisher
- Collins, Fontana /Collins, Chivers Press
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780393541625
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- Ship captains
- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
- Naval History
- Ship physicians
- Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Great britain, fiction
- Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Sea stories
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