H.M.S. Surprise / Patrick O'Brian.
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TextSeries: O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin novels ; 3.Description: 379 pages illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 0393307611; 9780393307610Subject(s): Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Ship physicians -- Fiction | Ship captains -- Fiction | Sea stories | Privateering -- Fiction | Seafaring life -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Sea fiction. Summary: "Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet. . . ."--Page 4 of cover.
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | donated by Liza Coogan | 39844400127821 |
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First published in 1973 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
"Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet. . . ."--Page 4 of cover.
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