by N/A
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are to be re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold -- to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish. Invention and surprise follow at every turn in this tale of nineteenth-century seamanship, as rich, as compelling, as masterly as any of its predecessors.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 306
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 06 Apr 1999
ISBN 10: 0002555506
ISBN 13: 9780002555500
Prizes: Winner of Heywood Hill Literary Prize 1995.