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The Fortune of War

The Fortune of War

by Patrick O'Brian
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An essential of the truly gripping book for the narrative addict is the creation of a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit, and O'Brian does this with prodigal specificity and generosity." --A.S. Byatt Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780393308136
ISBN10 0393308138
Series/Work OL8702046W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher W. W. Norton Company
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction Blind, books and reading English literature Fiction Fiction, action & adventure Fiction, historical Fiction, historical, general Fiction in English Great britain, fiction Histoire Histoire naval Historical Fiction History History, Naval Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character) Large type books Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction Naval History Romans, nouvelles Seafaring life

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