Blue at the Mizzen

patrick o/brian

"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." ― Los Angeles Times Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America―where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain―the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.

Genres historical fictionfictionhistoricaladventureaudiobookwarmilitary fictionmaritimeliteraturebritish literature

261 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1999

Series

Aubrey / Maturin

This edition

Format: 261 pages, Paperback
Published: September 17, 2000 by W. W. Norton \u0026 Company
ISBN: 9780393321074
ASIN: 039332107X
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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