Patrick O'Brian - The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey and Maturin #13) (lit) - PleX

Summary

"In length the series is unique; in quality—and there is not a weak link in the chain—it cannot but be ranked with the best of twentieth century historical novels."—T. J. Binyon, IndependentCaptain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque. Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk.The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.



Title: The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey and Maturin #13)

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Published August 17th 1992 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published 1989)

ISBN: 9780393309072

Language: English

Length: Paperback, 368 pages

Series: Aubrey & Maturin #13

Characters:
Jack Aubrey
Stephen Maturin

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