The Letter of Marque
Edition: Lrg edition
Series: Aubrey-Maturin (12)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9780786219254
Subjects: Sea & Ocean; Large print books; Fiction - Historical; Fiction; Historical - General; Mystery & Detective - General; Large type books
First sentence: Ever since Jack Aubrey had been dismissed from the service, ever since his name, with its now meaningless seniority, had been struck off the list of post-captains, it had seemed to him that he was living in a radically different world; everything was perfectly familiar, from the smell of seawater and tarred rigging to the gentle heave of the deck under his feet, but the essence was gone and he was a stranger.