Synopsis Aubrey and Maturin pursue Napoleon's agents on a daring mission to Malta. Stephen Maturin is more heavily involved than usual in British intelligence, while Captain Jack Aubrey captains his beloved old ship, the Surprise, on what appears to be its last voyage.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2000-10-01 | | Narrated by: | Tim Pigott-Smith |
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note In Malta for much needed repairs on his ship, Captain Jack Aubrey must rely on his ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, Stephen Maturin, to outwit Napoleon's agents.
Industry Reviews "Comic, grim, farcical and tragic....[A] whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit..." book jacket - A. S. Byatt
"Splendid adventures....[P]olished, historically accurate, and intensely pleasurable." Byatt
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