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The Reverse of the medal

Presents the further adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.

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  • "Captain Aubrey ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintanace to make certain investments in the city."
  • "Presents the further adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin."@en
  • "In the early 1800s, the British Navy stands as the only bulwark against the militant fanaticism of Napoleonic France. Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., ashore after a successful tour of duty, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the city. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage, the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization, sparkling dialogue, and meticulous detail which O'Brian's readers have come to expect."@en
  • "Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin return home after chasing an elusive privateer to discover that Stephen's wife has left him and Jack's unwise investments have endangered the Surprise."@en
  • "Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., ashore after a successful tour of duty, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the city. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage, the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot?"@en
  • "Presents the further adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin (no. 11 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)."
  • "Presents the further adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin (no. 11 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)."@en
  • "When Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded to make certain investments in the city, this innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage, the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot?"@en
  • "Stephen Maturin steps in to save Aubrey's reputation, ruined as the result of a deliberate plot. Eleventh in series."@en
  • "Having successfully completed his mission in the Atlantic, Captain Jack Aubrey is now back in London. While there, he makes some investments that suddenly put his career in jeopardy."
  • "Jack Aubrey is back in London after a successful mission and invests some of his prize money. However when his investments link him to London's powerful criminal element - and land him in jail - it looks as if he has lost both his Post Captaincy and HMS Surprise. Once again, it is up to Stephen Maturin to rescue his hapless friend."@en
  • "Jack Aubrey is persuaded to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the half-worlds of the London criminal underground and of government espionage - the province of his friend, Stephen Maturin, on whom he alone can rely."@en
  • "Jack Aubrey is back in London after a successful mission. On the advice of an acquaintance he uses the time to invest some of his prize money. However when the investments link him to London's powerful criminal element and land him in jail it looks as if he has lost his post captaincy and the H.M.S. Surprise. It is once again up to ship's surgeon and covert agent Stephen Maturin to rescue his hapless friend."@en
  • "Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off South America and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the worlds of the London criminal underground and government espionage."
  • "Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off South America and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage - the province of his friend Stephen Maturin."@en
  • "Captain Aubrey is burned by certain investments and becomes involved in a criminal underground as a result."
  • "Having successfully completed his mission in the Atlantic, Captain Jack Aubrey is now back in London. While there he makes some investments that suddenly put his career in jeopardy. Once again his ship's surgeon, Stephen Maturin, comes to his rescue."

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  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Sound recordings"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Compact discs"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Naval history"
  • "Naval history"@en
  • "Sea stories"
  • "Sea stories"@en
  • "Spy stories"@en
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  • "The Reverse of the medal, Patrick O'Brian"
  • "The Reverse of the medal"@en
  • "The reverse of the medal"
  • "The reverse of the medal"@en

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