Desolation Island

by Patrick O'Brian

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"[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." --David Mamet, New York Times Commissioned 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 spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780393308129
ISBN10	039330812X
Series/Work	OL8702045W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	W. W. Norton Company
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction Children's fiction English literature Fiction Fiction, action & adventure Fiction, historical Fiction, historical, general Fiction in English Great Britain Great britain, fiction Great Britain. Royal Navy History Intelligence officers Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character) Large type books Male friendship Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction Naval battles Naval History Physicians

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