H.M.S. Surprise
Patrick O'Brian
(Author)
Description
Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
May 17, 1991
Pages
416
Dimensions
5.56 X 8.3 X 0.81 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393307610
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About the Author
One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
Reviews
I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop.--E. O. Wilson
Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.--James Hamilton-Paterson
A first-rate tale of the sea...I read it with absorption and satisfaction.--Robertson Davies
Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.--James Hamilton-Paterson
A first-rate tale of the sea...I read it with absorption and satisfaction.--Robertson Davies
