The Commodore (Aubrey-Maturin Series)
Series: Aubrey-Maturin (17)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: April 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780393314595
First sentence: Thick weather in the chops of the Channel and a dirty night, with the strong north-east wind bringing rain from the low sky and racing cloud: Ushant somewhere away on the star-board bow, the Scillies to larboard, but never a light, never a star to be seen; and no observation for the last four days.