num_pages: 416
description: Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet...
language: English
title: H.M.S. 'Surprise'
titlecomplete: H.M.S. 'Surprise' (Aubrey/Maturin Book 3)
characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
genres: Fiction, Novels, British Literature, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 18547
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: Recorded Books, LLC