Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey-Maturin)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1
ISBN-13: 9780393048742
Subjects: Action & Adventure; Historical - General; Sea Stories; Fiction - Historical
First sentence: The Surprise, lying well out in the channel with Gibraltar half a mile away on her starboard quarter, lying at a single anchor with her head to the freshening north-west breeze, piped all hands at four bells in the afternoon watch; and at the cheerful sound her tender Ringle, detached once more on a private errand by Lord Keith, cheered with the utmost good will, while the Surprises turned out with a wonderful readiness, laughing, beaming and thumping one another on the back in spite of a strong promise of rain and a heavy sea running already.