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Beschreibung
For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge.

Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaster, and the political turmoil of the South American continent is equal to any threat they have yet faced.

Out of loss - of purpose, of love - can the two friends rescue what they most desire?

'Beyond his superbly elegant writing, wit and originality, [O'Brian] showed an understanding of the nature of a floating world at the mercy of the wind and sea which has never been surpassed.'

MAX HASTINGS, Evening Standard

'From the opening page I was addicted to what I judge to be one of the greatest cycles of storytelling in the English language.'

WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, Daily Telegraph

For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge.

Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaster, and the political turmoil of the South American continent is equal to any threat they have yet faced.

Out of loss - of purpose, of love - can the two friends rescue what they most desire?

'Beyond his superbly elegant writing, wit and originality, [O'Brian] showed an understanding of the nature of a floating world at the mercy of the wind and sea which has never been surpassed.'

MAX HASTINGS, Evening Standard

'From the opening page I was addicted to what I judge to be one of the greatest cycles of storytelling in the English language.'

WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, Daily Telegraph

Über den Autor
Patrick O'Brian
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Aubrey-Maturin
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780006513780
ISBN-10: 0006513786
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Brian, Patrick
Hersteller: HarperCollins Publishers
Aubrey-Maturin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 197 x 131 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Patrick O'Brian
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2005
Gewicht: 0,203 kg
Artikel-ID: 106187234