The Thirteen-Gun Salute
310 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1989
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ISBN: 9780393309072
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Norton
Publication date: 1 January 1999
Description
Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following reinstatement into the Royal Navy. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans. A killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef. In the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a diplomatic mission tries to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk.