The Letter of Marque
284 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1988
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ISBN: 9780393309058
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 August 1992
Description
Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.
