Thirteen Gun Salute - Rilegato

O'Brian, Patrick

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0393029743 ISBN 13: 9780393029741

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991

Riassunto

Captain 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.

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Book by OBrian Patrick

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0393029743
• ISBN 13: 9780393029741
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida