The thirteen-gun salute

Pages: 510
Published: 2006
Language: English

Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, the physician and spy Stephen Maturin, sail to the South China Sea on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to the Malay States. While Aubrey navigates the dangers of the ocean and French warships, Maturin must use his wits to outmaneuver rival agents in a complex game of political chess. It is a story of deep friendship and naval strategy set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.

Prose complexity: 10/10

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Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000) was an English novelist and translator, best known for the twenty-volume Aubrey–Maturin series of Napoleonic-era naval novels — beginning with Master and Commander (1969) — following the friendship between Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey and physician-naturalist Stephen Maturin. He was born Richard Patrick Russ in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England, and adopted the name Patrick O'Brian after the Second World War, presenting himself for...