num_pages: 284
description: Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.
language: English
title: The Letter of Marque
titlecomplete: The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
characters: Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Adventure, British Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Maritime, Audiobook, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 10759
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company