The Wine-Dark Sea
At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination.Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegit…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-03558-2
- EAN: 9780393035582
- Produktnummer: 9574005
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.8 cm x D2.5 cm 481 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 16
- Gewicht: 481
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One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
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