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"Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage-the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey&...
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| Published: |
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2022. �1986 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The Aubrey/Maturin Series
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| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage-the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization and sparkling dialogue which O'Brian's readers have come to expect"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 255 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781324020516 1324020512 |
| Index Number: | PR6029 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/O132-20 |