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Patrick O'Brian - (Aubrey-Maturin 03) H. M. S. Surprise (Patrick Tull)

H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey\'s career in Nelson\'s navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey aambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent, and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority. Rarely has a novel managed to convey more vividly the fragility of a sailing ship in a wild sea. Rarely has a historical novelist combined action and lyricism of style in the way that O\' Brian does. His superb sense of place, brilliant characterisation, and a vigour and joy of writing lift O\'Brian above any but the most exalted of comparisons.

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The Aubrey-Maturin series

01 Master And Commander (1969)
02 Post Captain (1972)
03 H. M. S. Surprise (1973)
04 The Mauritius Command (1977)
05 Desolation Island (1978)
06 The Fortune Of War (1979)
07 The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
08 The Ionian Mission (1981)
09 Treason's Harbour (1983)
10 The Far Side Of The World (1984)
11 The Reverse Of The Medal (1986)
12 The Letter Of Marque (1988)
13 The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989)
14 The Nutmeg Of Consolation (1991)
15 Clarissa Oakes (1992)- (The Truelove in the USA)
16 The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
17 The Commodore (1994)
18 The Yellow Admiral (1996)
19 The Hundred Days (1998)
20 Blue At The Mizzen (1999)
21 The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (2004)- (21 in the USA)