Blue At The Mizzen
O'Brian Patrick
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: Reprint
Description: 261 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the inside page.
Publishers Description: For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge. Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaster, and the political turmoil of the South American continent is equal to any threat they have yet faced. Out of loss - of purpose, of love - can the two friends rescue what they most desire? 'Beyond his superbly elegant writing, wit and originality, [O'Brian] showed an understanding of the nature of a floating world at the mercy of the wind and sea which has never been surpassed.' MAX HASTINGS, Evening Standard 'From the opening page I was addicted to what I judge to be one of the greatest cycles of storytelling in the English language.' WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, Daily Telegraph
ISBN: 9780006513780
(199308)