The ThirteenGun Salute, Patrick OBrian
The ThirteenGun Salute, Patrick OBrian
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 13 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/12/2004

Synopsis

Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin set sail aboard the Diane for the South China Sea, shepherding a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes. If their mission fails, English merchant shipping in the area will be threatened. At the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang, the stage is set for a duel of intelligence agents, pitting the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin against the French envoys-who are already entrenched in the Sultan's favor.

About Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O’Brian (1914–2000), a translator and author of biographies, was best known as the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels. Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ,this twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician and spy Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. He wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He also translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biographies of Charles de Gaulle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken-ichi on January 14, 2011

Glad I bought the next two, because this doesn't end at the end. Scads of good fun, as always. Probably the most memorable part of this adventure was Stephen's trip to the Buddhist temple, where men and beasts live together in harmony and Stephen basically gets to have the on-shore naturalizing expe......more

Goodreads review by Terry on February 21, 2020

3.5 stars In this volume a number of significant changes occur in the lives of our two heroes, some of them behind the scenes, as with Stephen’s discovery that Diana is pregnant with his child (that he assumes will be a daughter), as well as the fact that poor Padeen, now addicted to laudanum, has be......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 20, 2021

Read this book in 2009, and its the 13th wonderful volume of the amazing "Aubrey/ Maturin" series. In this tale, with Captain Jack Aubrey reinstated within the Royal Navy after his heroics exploits as an privateer, is now setting sail for the South China Sea. On this trip he will get his friend, ship'......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on July 20, 2023

Another solid outing, though Aubrey seems to have a bad habit of breaking his boats when they aren't named Surprise. Perhaps the real surprise is that he doesn't break the Surprise too? I've been informed this is book 1 of a five-book sequence of them circumnavigating the globe. Honestly, I'm surpri......more

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