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The Letter of Marque
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The Letter of Marque Hardback - 1994

by Patrick O'Brian

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Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post captains for a crime he did not commit. Old friend Stephen Maturin, of British intelligence, gets Aubrey to help him in a desperate mission against the French which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. "A splendid saga".--Los Angeles Times Book Review.

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Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.

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Ever since Jack Aubrey had been dismissed from the service, ever since his name, with its now meaningless seniority, had been struck off the list of post-captains, it had seemed to him that he was living in a radically different world; everything was perfectly familiar, from the smell of seawater and tarred rigging to the gentle heave of the deck under his feet; but the essence was gone and he was a stranger.

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  • Title The Letter of Marque
  • Author Patrick O'Brian
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Publication date November 1994
  • ISBN 9780393028744 / 0393028747
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.86 x 1.09 in (21.54 x 14.88 x 2.77 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Fiction - Historical
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Sea stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 89077171
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Library Journal, 08/01/1990, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/06/1990, Page 0

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