Aubrey/Maturin Novels The Letter of Marque, Book 12, (Paperback)

from jolyonpatten

This is the peak of the Jack and Stephen books, coincidentally (or not, if you have any feeling for number significance) being the twelfth in the series and forming a natural high point before the ...

from tjsjohanna

This is a satisfying book to read - after so many reverses, Jack and Stephen "come home". Jack, back to his naval list and finally to financial security - Stephen back to his beloved Diana. I espec...

from Juva

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin embark on their first private sea-voyage on the Surprise. The atmosphere and battle strategies of a privateer are very different and will take some adjustment. In th...

from joeldinda

Surprise returns to sea as a private warship, lots of people work at repairing the damage done to Jack's career, the General dies and Jack unexpectedly inherits his seat in the Commons, and Maturin...

from psiloiordinary

I am reading this as part of a complete read through of the whole series, although I am reading other books in between helpings of O'Brian. It took less than 20 pages to make me realise (for the um...