Desolation Island

from Juva

Another installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series. In this book, Jack's new ship, the Leopard, is made to carry convicts to Australia. The majority of the book takes place over the course of their long journey. Plagued by disease and a Dutch ship that they just can't shake, this novel is by turns ...

from elenchus

In which Aubrey is given the Leopard with orders to assist Captain Bligh and his second experience with mutiny, this time in New South Wales. Unknown to Aubrey, Maturin undertakes a mission which puts him aboard, and conveniently provides him a reprieve from distasteful politics in the Admiralty....

from DarthDeverell

Desolation Island, Patrick O'Brian's fifth book in his Aubrey-Maturin series, once again see Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin take to the seas on one of His Majesty's ships during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike previous novels, Aubrey's mission in this story is not explicitly for war, but...

from Algybama

Better than The Unknown Shore (the other O'Brian novel that I've read), though both closely follow what I suspect is the author's formula: a chapter or two or preparation, followed by a chapter of sea-going fun, then a bout of scurvy and low spirits that goes on until there's a battle, followed b...

from TadAD

This wasn't my favorite of the Aubrey/Maturin stories. O'Brian managed to put a great deal of excitement and tension into the Leopard's flight from the Waakzaamheid and the race to find shelter in the sinking ship. However, Maturin's counter-espionage games with Louisa Wogan and Michael Herapath ...