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H.M.S. Surprise

Presents Jack Aubrey's life as he is put in debtor's prison, ultimately escapes, and heads to the East Indies asea again.

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  • "HMS Surprise"
  • "HMS Surprise"@en
  • "H.M.S. Surprise"

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  • "Presents Jack Aubrey's life as he is put in debtor's prison, ultimately escapes, and heads to the East Indies asea again."@en
  • "Presents Jack Aubrey's life as he is put in debtor's prison, ultimately escapes, and heads to the East Indies asea again."
  • "Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: The ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."@en
  • "Set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontintent and the waters nearby, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."
  • "Set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontintent and the waters nearby, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."@en
  • "Third in a series. Jack Aubrey docks at Portsmouth where he is carried off to debtors' prison. He escapes to the H.M.S. Surprise which is bound for the East Indies."@en
  • "Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin have orders to escort an English envoy to India aboard the "Surprise". They are aware, meanwhile, that one of Napoleon's ships is plying the Indian Ocean, intent on attacking the China fleet. Captain Aubrey is equally intent on capturing the French ship and the reward that would solve his financial problems."@en
  • "Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: The ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."
  • "Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: The ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."@en
  • ""Jack Aubrey is cruising off Cape Sicie when his friend Stephen Maturin--more serenely situated in Sussex--is informed of the Board's decision regarding Aubrey's prize money, taken after victorious engagement with a Spanish squadron at Cape Santa Maria. The money--five million pieces of eight--is not, as is the custom of war, to be divided among the crews of the four victorious vessels, but is to be treated as droits of the Crown of England. Five million pounds is, after all, five million pounds. It will be a hard rub for Aubrey, who had counted on that money to clear his debts and make himself a suitable match, but no more hard than for Maturin who spends much of his free time at Mapes Court in the company of the lovely Sophia Williams--Aubrey's betrothed. How could Stephen deliver the news that would break Sophia's heart? When Jack docks at Portsmouth, he is clapped in irons forthwith, and carried off to a sponging house for debtors. Jack knows a prisoner can rot in jail, so when Sir Joseph graciously offers him escape aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, bound for the East Indies, he makes for the only place where his unsteady virtue remains intact--the sea"--Container cover insert."@en
  • "The third in O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, and accepts a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming local superiority."
  • "Set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and the waters nearby, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet."@en
  • "Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin have orders to escort an English envoy to India aboard the China fleet, Surprise."
  • "Set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and the waters nearby, Aubrey is on the deffensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. The ships sent by Napoleon to attach the China Fleet."@en
  • "Set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and the waters nearby, Aubrey is on the deffensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. The ships sent by Napoleon to attach the China Fleet."

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  • "History"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
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  • "Sea stories"
  • "Sea stories"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Naval history"
  • "Naval history"@en
  • "Compact discs"@en

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  • "H M S surprise"
  • "H.M.S. Surprise"
  • "H.M.S. Surprise"@en
  • "H. M. S. Surprise"@en
  • "HMS "Surprise""@en
  • "H.M.S. Surprise roman"@da
  • "HMS Surprise"

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