Desolation Island
of Patrick O'Brian
Series: Aubrey & Maturin #5
Description
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." âDavid Mamet, New York TimesCommissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spyâand a treacherous disease that decimates the crew.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 350 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton Company
- Publication Date August 17th 1991
- First Publication 10/29/78
- Language English
- ISBN 9780393308129
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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