The Thirteen-Gun Salute
Edition: Largeprint edition
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780786219377
Subjects: Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious c; History, Naval; Fiction; Fiction - General; Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character); Large type books; Action & Adventure; Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character); 19th century; Great Britain
First sentence: In spite of the hurry, many wives and many sweethearts had come to see the ship off, and those members of her company who were not taken up with sailing her on her difficult course close-hauled to the brisk south-east breeze, watched the white flutter of their handkerchiefs far across the water until Black Point hid them entirely, shut them right out.