Letter of Marque, The [electronic resource]
Patrick O'Brian2005
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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series
of historical novels ever written. Struck off the Navy List for a crime he did
not commit, Jack Aubrey takes command of a privateer and begins a voyage which
may, just may, restore him to the rank.Jack Aubrey is a naval officer, a
post-captain of experience and capacity. When The Letter of Marque opens he has
been struck off the Navy List for a crime he has not committed. With Aubrey is
his friend and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also an unofficial British
intelligence agent. Maturin has bought for Aubrey his old ship the Surprise, so
that the misery of ejection from the service can be palliated by the command of
what Aubrey calls a 'private man-of-war' - a letter of marque, a privateer.
Together they sail on a voyage which, if successful, might restore Aubrey to the
rank, and the raison d'etre, whose loss he so much regrets.Around these simple,
ostensibly familar elements Patrick O'Br...
Main title:
Letter of Marque, The [electronic resource] / Patrick O'Brian
Author:
Patrick O'Brian, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins UK, 2005
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (76 MB, 02:48:07 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Robert Hardy
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780007217434
Language:
English
BRN:
436920
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |