The Fortune of WarCaptain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. |
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Review: The Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
Crítica de los usuarios - Todd - GoodreadsThis begins my favorite part of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Jack's expertise at sea is only rivaled by his calamitous personal entanglements ashore as a POW of the Yanks during the War of 1812. Leer comentario completo
Review: The Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
Crítica de los usuarios - DC - GoodreadsI just really like all of these books. Interesting characters and complex plots. Leer comentario completo
Contenido
Sección 1 | 3 |
Sección 2 | 7 |
Sección 3 | 34 |
Sección 4 | 39 |
Sección 5 | 55 |
Sección 6 | 56 |
Sección 7 | 71 |
Sección 8 | 84 |
Sección 12 | 158 |
Sección 13 | 164 |
Sección 14 | 185 |
Sección 15 | 191 |
Sección 16 | 217 |
Sección 17 | 237 |
Sección 18 | 253 |
Sección 19 | 278 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Fortune of War (Vol. Book 6) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Patrick O'Brian Vista previa limitada - 2011 |
The Fortune of War (Vol. Book 6) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Patrick O'Brian Vista previa limitada - 1991 |
Términos y frases comunes
aboard Admiral American Arcturus Asclepia asked Babbington boat Bonden Boston Botany Bay breeze Brenton broadside cabin called Cape Captain Aubrey carronades Catalonia Chads cheering Chesapeake clear dare say dear deck Diana Villiers dinner Doctor Maturin door Dr Choate Dr Maturin Dubreuil Evans face fire Fleche forecastle Forshaw French Frenchmen frigate glass gunroom guns hand heaved Herapath Jack Aubrey Jack's Jahleel Brenton Java Java's Johnson Killick kind knew La Fleche Lambert larboard Leopard letter lieutenant look Louisa Wogan midshipmen mind moved Navy never officers once perhaps Philip Broke Pontet-Canet port pretty quarterdeck round Royal Navy sail seen Shannon ship shot side silence smile smoke starboard stared staysail Stephen Stephen Maturin stood sure surgeon tell thought took topsails turned voice walked Wallis watch wind wish words
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Fortune of War Libro 6 de Aubrey/Maturin novels, Patrick O'Brian |
| Autor | Patrick O'Brian |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0393037061, 9780393037067 |
| Largo | 329 páginas |
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