The Ionian Mission (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Series: Aubrey-Maturin (8)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; W.W. Norton
Published: November 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780393037081
First sentence: Marriage was once represented as a field of battle rather than a bed of roses, and perhaps there are some who may still support this view; but just as Dr Maturin had made a far more unsuitable match than most, so he set about dealing with the situation in a far more compendious, peaceable and efficacious way than the great majority of husbands.