The Ionian Mission
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: March 3, 1997
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780006499220
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.