- Title:
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Clarissa Oakes
- Series:
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Aubrey-Maturin #15
- Written by:
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Patrick O'Brian
- Read by:
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Ric Jerrom
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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10 hours 34 minutes
- Published:
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June 28 2017
- Available Date:
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June 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489397034
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
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'He writes with humour, irony and an eye for those telling details that give you a man in a moment.'
Sunday Times
The 15th instalment of this astonishing series – one of the most highly praised works in contemporary fiction.
Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his ship – to his astonishment he finds that in spite of a lifetime's experience he does not know what the foremost hands or even his own officers are thinking.
They know, as he does not, that the Surprise has a stranger aboard – and what they, for their part, do not know is that the stranger is potentially as dangerous as a light in the powder magazine itself.
'Few books so entertaining and readable are based on such strong research and grasp of human nature. One moment you laugh aloud at comedy rooted in character, and the next, storming adventure or danger grips you by the throat …'
The Daily Mail
'What is so gripping about O’Brian’s novels is the completeness with which he invents a world which is our own and not our own … O’Brian is a brilliant observer.'
Evening Standard