Desolation island
"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. With a Dutch man-of-war to...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W. W. Norton & Company,
2021.
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| Series: | O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Aubrey/Maturin novels ;
5. |
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| Summary: | "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. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes"-- |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 1978 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 296 pages : illustration ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780393541625 0393541622 |
