526 pages
English language
Published Dec. 27, 2001 by Thorndike Press, Chivers Press.
Desolation island
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Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.
Subjects
- Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Ship physicians -- Fiction.
- Ship captains -- Fiction.
- Large type books.
- Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.