Aubrey-Maturin (Audio): The Letter of Marque (Series #12) (CD-Audio)

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 Far Eastern section of the cycle. I always have the feeling that O'Brian intended to pause or even f...

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 especially enjoyed Stephen - learning to cope with newly found riches and obsessing over Diana.

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 the meantime, Stephen urges Jack not to lose hope of reinstatement. If they can come against an enemy ...

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 reconciles (perhaps that's the word) with Diana. Oh, yes: There's a nice little cutting-out operati...

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 umpteenth time) just how much knowledge of the human mind, elegance and fleetness of expression there ...