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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Patrick O'Brian
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- Année de publication
- 1990
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- (souple)
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Patrick O'Brian
- Éditeur
- HarperCollins
- Publié
- 1990
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0006178855
- ISBN13
- 9780006178859
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Aventure, Romans d'aventures, Prose de guerre, Guerres, 19e siècle, Littérature anglaise, Guerres Napoléoniennes, Voiliers, Royal Navy Britannique, Océan Indien
- Première publication
- 1989
- Titre original
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Évaluation
- 4,4 sur 5
- Description
- Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque . Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin—his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent—on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk. The journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.