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H. M. S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian (1994, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393037037
ISBN-139780393037036
eBay Product ID (ePID)152733
Product Key Features
Book TitleH. M. S. Surprise
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicHistorical, Sea Stories
GenreFiction
AuthorPatrick O'Brian
Book SeriesAubrey/Maturin Novels Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsI 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., [O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the RoyalNavy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today'sputative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as MarkTwain has outlived Charles Reade
Series Volume Number3
Dewey Decimal823.914
SynopsisThird 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 dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet..., "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."--Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press
