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The Wine-Dark Sea

The Wine-Dark Sea

Library Edition (Aubrey Maturin)
Historical FictionMilitary
Pages
200
Published
1994
Language
English

Synopsis

Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin sail the HMS Surprise across the Pacific to intercept a French privateer. Their mission takes them from the volcanic shores of the Andes to the dangerous waters of the South Sea during the height of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a story of naval strategy, scientific discovery, and the enduring bond between two very different men.

Prose complexity
10/10

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Historical Fiction Military Adventure

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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...

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