From the Publisher, Post Captain (Book 2), H. M. S. Surprise (Book 3), The Mauritius Command (Book 4), Desolation Island (Book 5), and The Fortune of War (Book 6) are now available. Customers have given these books an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, 4.7 out of 5 stars, 4.6 out of 5 stars, 4.7 out of 5 stars, and 4.7 out of 5 stars, respectively. The prices for these books are $14.49, $10.39, $13.89, $10.99, and $12.50.

In the second installment of the epic Aubrey/Maturin series, amidst the rollicking adventures at sea and mishaps on land, the friendship between Aubrey and Maturin is tested by their romantic entanglements with the cousins.

In the third book, H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company.

In the fourth book, The Mauritius Command, Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command, living in domestic bliss with his young family, until his friend Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders.

In the fifth book, Desolation Island, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin are commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, and they sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts.

In the sixth book, The Fortune of War, Captain Jack Aubrey arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the British Navy.

product information:

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publisher

‎W. W. Norton & Company (August 17, 1990)

publication_date

‎August 17, 1990

language

‎English

file_size

‎1842 KB

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‎Enabled

screen_reader

‎Supported

enhanced_typesetting

‎Enabled

x_ray

‎Enabled

word_wise

‎Enabled

sticky_notes

‎On Kindle Scribe

print_length

‎457 pages

best_sellers_rank

#23,536 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#21 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction
#56 in Sea Stories
#102 in Sea Adventures Fiction (Kindle Store)

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