Title: The fortune of war /
Authors: O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000
Publisher: HarperCollins,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) Fiction.; Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) Fiction.; Great Britain History, Naval Fiction.
Abstract: Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.