The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey-Maturin series, Book 7)(Library Edition) (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio))
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786181842 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 385 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
On his return to London, Maturin is sent to woo Catalan officers and troops from the French cause to the British. Suspicious French agents try to bait Maturin but he refuses to be lured into an indiscretion. The Americans are eluded, and upon reaching England, Maturin sets off to France. From Publishers Weekly O'Brian's superb series on the early-19th-century adventures of Jack Aubrey, a Royal Navy officer, and his friend Stephen Maturin, Navy surgeon and naturalist, continues with a look at the darker side of Maturin's life: his work in British intelligence. Aubrey, Maturin and Diana Villiers (Maturin's fickle and enigmatic love) are passengers on a packet ship from Nova Scotia to England when two American privateers give chase. spy networks. Armed with safe conduct papers, he lectures on natural history and installs Villiers in Paris. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Aubrey provides transport, but despite his best support, including st
"The best, period." according to UrbanMonique. The best nautical historical fiction ever written, period. O'Brian researched exhaustively and infused a lifetime of passion, expertise, and emotion into every volume. The books are not only infinitely readable, they're page burners, each and every one, with laudable character development and environmental description that put you firmly in the midst of what you're reading, There is s. "Some terrific scenes" according to Ranger's Dad. Once more O'brian has crafted a great sea story . You feel the tension on the quarterdeck as a chase and later a near disaster occurs. A bit more of this takes place on shore than I would prefer, but still a very entertaining read.. "One of his best thus far!" according to Linda Barnett. This book particularly abounds with suspense and drama.We have an extended chase, a ship wreck, capture by the French resulting in a close brush with old enemies and Diana behaving as true and nobly as she always has been capable of, even though she's often fallen short and behaved badly, instead.If you didn't love O'Brian before, this one will certainly endear him to you now.
But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attention of two privateers soon becomes menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is tense -and unexpected in its culmination. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. Aubrey and Maturin must endure a foundering ship, capture by the French, and a less than pleasant stay in Paris' infamous Temple Prison. Library Edition Audiobook CD in vinyl case. Read by Simon Vance Stephen Maturin's days in British intelligence have gotten him into a whole mess of trouble in The Surgeon's Mate, seventh book in Patrick O'Brian's 'Aubrey-Maturin' adventure series. Meanwhile in Paris, Diana Villiers anxiously awaits Maturin's safe return.