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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Patrick O'Brian
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1990
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- Titolo
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Patrick O'Brian
- Editore
- HarperCollins
- Pubblicato
- 1990
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0006178855
- ISBN13
- 9780006178859
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Avventura, Romanzi d'avventura, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, XIX Secolo, Letteratura inglese, Guerre Napoleoniche, Barche a vela, Marina Reale Britannica, Oceano Indiano
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1989
- Titolo originale
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Valutazione
- 4,4 su 5
- Descrizione
- Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.