- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character), Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character), Naval History, Fiction
Presents the continuation of Jack Aubrey's life as the Peace of Amiens docks the Commander onshore, to France, and back to sea.
Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character)Naval HistoryFictionFiction, historicalFiction, action & adventureAubrey, jack (fictitious character), fictionMaturin, stephen (fictitious character), fictionGreat britain, fictionFiction, historical, generalShip captainsShip physicians
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- August 4, 1998
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Collins, Random House Audio, Chivers Press
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007180844
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Subjects
- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
- Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character)
- Naval History
- Fiction
- Fiction, historical
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction
- Great britain, fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Ship captains
- Ship physicians
First sentence
“At first dawn the swathes of rain drifting eastwards across the Channel parted long enough to show that the chase had altered course.”
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