num_pages: 350
description: "[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." —David Mamet, New York TimesCommissioned 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 that decimates the crew.
language: English
title: Desolation Island
titlecomplete: Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
characters: Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey
genres: Audiobook, Maritime, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Military Fiction, War, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 14293
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company