The Letter of Marque
Publisher: William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore
Published: January 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9781569564196
Subjects: Historical - General; Sea & Ocean; Fiction - Historical
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.