276 pages
English language
Published 1979 by Stein and Day.
Desolation island
Patrick O'Brian: Desolation island (1979, Stein and Day)
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- 978-0-8128-2590-9
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Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.
Subjects
- Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Ship physicians -- Fiction.
- Ship captains -- Fiction.
- Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.