The fortune of war
By: Patrick O'Brian
Series: The Aubrey-Maturin novels
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780007255887
Subjects: Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character); Fiction; Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character); Seafaring life; History
Description: Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route.
Notes: Originally published: Great Britain : William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1979.

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