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Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage<U+2014>the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
1994, c1986.
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| Series: | O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Aubrey/Maturin novels ;
11. |
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| Summary: | Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage<U+2014>the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization and sparkling dialogue which O'Brian's readers have come to expect. |
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| Physical Description: | 287 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0393037118 9780393309607 |
| Author Notes: | (Publisher Provided) |
