The Reverse of the Medal

patrick o/brian

Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off the South American coast and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the half-worlds of the London criminal underground and of government espionage -- the province of his friend Stephen Maturin.

Devoted readers of Patrick O'Brian will find here all the brilliance of characterisation and all the sparkle of dialogue they have come to expect from a novelist often described as 'Jane Austen sur mer'. For those who will read him for the first time there will be the pleasure of discovering a novelist of unique character.

Genres historical fictionfictionhistoricaladventureaudiobookwarmilitary fictionmaritimeliteratureaction

261 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1986

Series

Aubrey / Maturin

This edition

Format: 261 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1997 by Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780006499268
ASIN: 0006499260
Language: English

Characters More characters

Jack Aubrey

Rear Admiral Sir John Aubrey, KB, MP, JP, FRS, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick OBrian. The series portrays his rise from Lieutenant to Admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The twenty (and a...
Stephen Maturin

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