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The yellow admiral : [an Aubrey/ Maturin novel]

It is 1814; with the coming of peace and for several other reasons his future at the admiralty dim, Aubrey fears being "yellowed"--Nominally promoted to the rand of admiral without a squadron to command. But no sooner has his fellow adventurer Dr. Stephen Maturin turned up with a prospective mission than Aubrey receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibralter: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.

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  • "Life ashore seems to be the undoing of Jack Aubrey. Fortunately, he hears that the Chileans require a navy, and the service of English officers. He is savouring this apparent reprieve for his career when he receives an urgent despatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba."
  • "Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy. It is 1814. With the coming of peace his future at the admiralty is dim; Aubrey fears being 'yellowed' - nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without a squadron to command. But no sooner has his fellow adventurer Dr. Stephen Maturin turned up with a prospective mission than Aubrey receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba."
  • "It is 1814; with the coming of peace and for several other reasons his future at the admiralty dim, Aubrey fears being "yellowed"--Nominally promoted to the rand of admiral without a squadron to command. But no sooner has his fellow adventurer Dr. Stephen Maturin turned up with a prospective mission than Aubrey receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibralter: Napoleon has escaped from Elba."@en
  • "The continuing saga of the Royal Navy's Captain Jack Aubrey, now being sued by slaveholders for the ships he confiscated off Africa. At the same his wife is after him for his affair with a mistress. Things improve when he goes to sea to fight the French and captures a ship with gold."
  • "It is 1814; with the coming of peace and for several other reasons his future at the admiralty dim, Aubrey fears being "yellowed"--Nominally promoted to the rand of admiral without a squadron to command. But no sooner has his fellow adventurer Dr. Stephen Maturin turned up with a prospective mission than Aubrey receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba."@en
  • "In this long-awaited sequel to his bestseller The Commodore, Jack Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, finds himself ashore again, but in a sea of troubles. His prospects at the admiralty have been dimmed by his erratic voting in Parliament. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds into Jack's private fear about his career: the prospect of being "yellowed", or nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without any squadron to command. But Jack gets a possible reprieve when an urgent dispatch orders him to Gibraltar ... Napoleon has escaped from Elba ..."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Cuentos de mar"@es
  • "Naval history"@es
  • "Naval history"
  • "Naval history"@en
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Historical fiction"@es
  • "Novela histórica"@es
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Historical fiction, English"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Sea stories"@es
  • "Sea stories"
  • "Sea stories"@en
  • "Sea stories, English"@en

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  • "The Yellow Admiral"
  • "The yellow admiral : [an Aubrey/ Maturin novel]"@en
  • "Burrasca nella Manica"
  • "Le blocus de la Sibérie"
  • "The Yellow admiral"
  • "Der gelbe Admiral Roman"
  • "The Yellow admiral"@en
  • "Almirante en tierra"
  • "The yellow admiral"
  • "The yellow admiral"@en
  • "Almirante en tierra"@es
  • "Burrasca nella manica : romanzo di Patrick O'Brian ; traduzione di Paola Merla"
  • "Burrasca nella Manica : romanzo"@it
  • "Burrasca nella Manica : romanzo"

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