John Lee
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 1
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 01
Aubrey / Maturin volume 01
Aubrey and Maturin
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 01
Aubrey / Maturin volume 01
Aubrey and Maturin
Language
English
Description
"The classic first novel of the epic Aubrey/Maturin series, widely considered "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times). Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile-after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel-Aubrey and a brilliant but down-on-his-luck physician, Stephen Maturin, strike up an...
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 5
Aubrey/Maturin volume 5
Aubrey/Maturin volume 05
Aubrey and Maturin
Aubrey/Maturin volume 5
Aubrey/Maturin volume 05
Aubrey and Maturin
Language
English
Description
"Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy-and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes"--...