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Jack ist glücklich an Land: Er heiratet. Er ist auch unglücklich: Er hat kein Schiff. Doch Stephen Maturin kann hinter den Kulissen helfend eingreifen und Jack wird Kommodore und soll mit einem Geschwader Mauritius von den Franzosen erobern. Kapitäne im Geschwader, sture Admiräle, der Nachschub und die Angst, dass andere ihm den Ruhm für das Erreichte streitig machen könnten machen ihm Probleme. Und natürlich auch die Franzosen auf Mauritius u...

Jack ist glücklich an Land: Er heiratet. Er ist auch unglücklich: Er hat kein Schiff. Doch Stephen Maturin kann hinter den Kulissen helfend eingreifen und Jack wird Kommodore und soll mit einem Geschwader Mauritius von den Franzosen erobern. Kapitäne im Geschwader, sture Admiräle, der Nachschub und die Angst, dass andere ihm den Ruhm für das Erreichte streitig machen könnten machen ihm Probleme. Und natürlich auch die Franzosen auf Mauritius u...

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The protagonist of this World War II novel is a prisoner of the German army in France. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination-one might almost call it a prosecution-of his own life. Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a...

Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk are presented here both in printed version-including his correc...

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, but the ensuing peace becomes ugly for Captain Jack Aubrey, with violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar and the desertion of nearly half his crew.

Earphones Awards winner Simon Vance juggles multiple characters, accents, and dramatic and comedic scenes with aplomb....Vance's warm, welcoming voice captures colorful characters, entertaining relationships....Readers in search of a handful of excellent companions with whom to spend many enjoyable hours will be hail and well met.

When Napoleon escapes from Elba, the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it.

Earphones Awards winner Simon Vance juggles multiple characters, accents, and dramatic and comedic scenes with aplomb....Vance's warm, welcoming voice captures colorful characters, entertaining relationships....Readers in search of a handful of excellent companions with whom to spend many enjoyable hours will be hail and well met.

This novel is a powerful successor to Testimonies, Patrick O'Brian's first novel written for adults. It is set in that corner of France that became O'Brian's adopted home, where the long, dark wall of the Pyrenees runs headlong to meet the Mediterranean. Alain Roig returns to Saint-Féliu after years in the East and finds his family in crisis. His dour, middle-aged cousin Xavier, the mayor and most powerful citizen of the town, has fallen in lo...

Reaper: Paul Clouse's world is turned upside down when his wife is murdered on Halloween. A firefighter by trade, he spends his days off working at the West Baden Springs Hotel during its restoration, throwing himself further into the work as a widower. A string of gruesome murders soon follow him to the hotel, committed by a killer disguised as the Grim Reaper. Clouse becomes the prime suspect when two local detectives think he's the only per...

Abridged readings of the sea-faring tales. Contains "The Surgeon's Mate", "The Ionian Mission" and "Treason's Harbour". 9 CDs.

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At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian was halfway through a novel to follow on from "Blue at the Mizzen". These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.

El relato del paso en circunstancias meteorológicas extremas del cabo de Hornos que se narra en esta novela es uno de los episodios más impresionantes de cuantos ha dejado escritos O'Brian en su serie sobre Aubrey y Maturin. Sin embargo, el grueso de la acción gira alrededor del espíritu revolucionario e independentista que parece haber prendido como la pólvora en los países sudamericanos. En este aspecto, será Maturin quien pase a un primer p...

A bordo de la más mítica de las embarcaciones que ha dado la literatura moderna, la "Surprise", Aubrey y Maturin abandonan las costas australianas en un momento en que la guerra entre británicos y franceses se ha suspendido. Sin embargo, eso no significa que haya llegado la paz, y los servicios secretos aprovechas la relativa calma para recabar la mayor información posible. Por su parte, Jack Aubrey teme por la lealtad de sus hombres cuando em...

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1812. Sopravvissuta allo scontro con un iceberg nelle gelide acque dell'Antartide, la fregata Leopard, con a bordo Aubrey e Maturin, giunge nella baia di Pulo Batang, in Malesia. Abbandonata la nave, i due si imbarcano sulla Flèche, nave britannica diretta in Inghilterra. Ma i loro guai stanno per ricominciare: il naufragio tra le fiamme della Flèche, il salvataggio di fortuna su una fregata inglese, l'attacco e la cattura dei due amici da par...

Il capitano Jack Aubrey è stato espulso dalla Royal Navy per un crimine che non ha commesso. Ma quando tutto sembra essere perduto, provvidenziale giunge l'aiuto di Maturin che, grazie a un'eredità, acquista per l'amico la vecchia "Surprise", coinvolgendolo in un viaggio che potrebbe restituirgli l'onore perduto. Al largo delle Azzorre si aggira, infatti, la "Spartan", la fregata franco-americana, sfuggita loro poco tempo prima. La fortuna, qu...