description: Three Cassettes, 5 hrs. 15 min. abridgedPerformance by Tim Pigott-SmithJack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are back in the 16th installment in Patrick O'Brian's bestselling series.At the outset of this adventure, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open-boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reuinte them at last in a breathtaking chase through storm seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn.
language: English
title: The Wine-Dark Sea
titlecomplete: The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey/Maturin, #16)
characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
genres: Historical, Audiobook, Military Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Novels, Maritime, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 8510
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: Random House Audio