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| Book Number | B0014993 |
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| Title | The Wine-Dark Sea |
| Author(s) | Author: O'Brian, Patrick [Richard Patrick Russ] Patrick O'Brian [Pseudonym for Richard Patrick Russ] (1914 to 2000)—An English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and physician Stephen Maturin |
| Edition and Format | First UK Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information and publisher's imprint line 987654321. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £14.99 on the front flap and 5 press reviews on the rear flap. [References: Ptarick O'Brian: Critical Appreciation and a Bibliography by A. E. Cunnington, reference 25] Hardcover, Octavo 222 mm (8 3/4 inches) by 145 mm (5 3/4 inches). [vi] and 261 printed pages in publisher's original purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. ISBN 0002238268 [9780002238267] |
| Publisher(s) | HarperCollins, London, 1993 |
| Series | Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series Number Sixteen Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series—A series of nautical historical novels set during the Napoleonic Wars and featuring Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. Titles include: Master and Commander, Post Captain, HMS Surprise, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, The Fortune of War, The Surgeon's Mate, The Ionian Mission, Treason's Harbour, The Far Side of the World, The Reverse of the Medal, The Letter of Marque, The Thirteen Gun Salute, The Nutmeg of Consolation, Clarissa Oakes, The Wine-Dark Sea, The Commodore, The Yellow Admiral, The Hundred Days, Blue at the Mizzen and The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey |
| Content | Content The sixteenth book in the Jack Aubrey And Stephen Maturin Series. Aubrey and Maturin in HMS Surprise are in pursuit of a privateer, the Franklin, sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen's want to create a revolution in South America to relieve the pressure on the British government in its war with United States. |
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