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Published on Jan 22, 2002 | 5 Hours 19 Minutes
In their 16th outing, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a prize into the Great Southern Ocean.
The story takes Maturin to South America. Caught up in a failed coup, he flees across the Andes. Aubrey makes a desperate voyage in a open boat, but both survive and are reunited.
“The best chapter yet in the continuing saga of life in Nelson’s navy.” (Publishers Weekly)
The story takes Maturin to South America. Caught up in a failed coup, he flees across the Andes. Aubrey makes a desperate voyage in a open boat, but both survive and are reunited.
“The best chapter yet in the continuing saga of life in Nelson’s navy.” (Publishers Weekly)
Author
Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O’Brian’s many novels include Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, in addition to 20 volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series. O’Brian wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks and translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biography of Charles de Gaulle. Mr. O’Brian died in January 2000.
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