The Ionian Mission
Publisher: William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore
Published: February 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9781569564202
Subjects: Historical - General; Sea & Ocean; Fiction - Historical
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.