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 which decimates the crew.
Book 5 - Desolation Island
โ Scribed by O'Brian, Patrick
- Book ID
- 106970152
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Series
- Aubrey-Maturin 5
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780006499244
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โฆ Synopsis
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 which decimates the crew.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat....For Conradian power of description and sheer excitement there is nothing in naval fiction to beat the stern chase as the outgunned _Leopard_ staggers through mountain waves in icy latitudes to escape the Dutch seventy
EDITORIAL REVIEW: First published in 1978 a historical maritime adventure featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin, who are bound for Australia with a cargo of convicts, among them a beautiful but dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. B
EDITORIAL REVIEW: First published in 1978 a historical maritime adventure featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin, who are bound for Australia with a cargo of convicts, among them a beautiful but dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. By the
EDITORIAL REVIEW: First published in 1978 a historical maritime adventure featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin, who are bound for Australia with a cargo of convicts, among them a beautiful but dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. By the