Aubrey & Maturin #19

The Hundred Days

patrick o/brian

"One of the best novelists since Jane Austen… The Hundred Days may be the best installment yet." ― Philadelphia Inquirer Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo. In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Muslim mercenaries is gathering. They are inclined toward Napoleon because of his conversion to Islam during the Egyptian campaign, but they will not move without a shipment of gold ingots from Sheik Ibn Hazm which, according to British intelligence, is on its way via camel caravan to the coast of North Africa. It is this gold that Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin must at all costs intercept. The fate of Europe hinges on their desperate mission.

Genres historical fictionfictionhistoricaladventureaudiobookwarmilitary fictionliteraturebritish literaturemaritime

281 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1998

Series

Aubrey / Maturin

This edition

Format: 281 pages, Paperback
Published: November 17, 1999 by W. W. Norton \u0026 Company
ISBN: 9780393319798
ASIN: 0393319792
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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