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Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.
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The 18th in O'Brian's Jack Aubrey series will please current fans and likely make new ones. Newly rich Aubrey ( The Letter of Marque ), again a Royal Navy captain and even a "rotten-borough" M.P., is given command of the frigate Diane with orders to bring king's envoy Fox to conclude a treaty with the sultan of Borneo before Napoleon does. Aboard is Jack's friend Dr. Maturin, English secret agent and avid naturalist. After a placid trip (via Antarctica) and some stormy local politics (involving two English traitors and the sultan's catamite) the treaty is made. Fox's growing arrogance breeds ill will and when homeward-bound Diane hits a reef Jack gladly sends the envoy ahead in a cutter. O'Brian's style has been compared with Jane Austen's: even the dinners (in country house, London, ship's mess, sultan's palace, Buddhist monastery) are distinguished wittily. Perhaps the most charming segment is Maturin's idyllic stay in a remote valley, where he blissfully encounters and studies a variety of tame exotic beasts.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute,
By Tracy L. Ford (Honey Brook, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Paperback)
I have read every book in order and this was one of the best. I would suggest like all the other reviewers to read the series starting with 1 and working through it. I am a sailor myself and the sea jargon is hard and the sometimes too much but the thrust of the story more then keeps you going. I was glad in this book to see the eventual demise of Wray and Ledward, which not clearly explained, was done none the less. Also I thought that some of Stephen's observations of Fox to be an insightfull look at human character. I am anxiously waiting for book 14,15,and 16 to come but also realize that I am getting closer to the end of the series. Overall a very good series and one that will keep you interested from the first book to which ever one you happen to be on at the moment.
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Aubrey-Maturin: Always a Pleasure,
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This review is from: The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Paperback)
Let's face it, if you made it this far in the Aubrey-Maturin series, you will definitely love this one. If The Thirteen-Gun Salute is your first encounter with the series, good choice (but, actually, they are all good). For those new to the series, the first chapter serves as an excellent summary of what has already transpired, and for those returning, it's a good review, in case you forgot something. The novel contains the usual entertaining mix of espionage, naval history, human relationships, food, music and humor. As expected, The Thirteen-Gun Salute is a completely enjoyable work by a talented author. Enjoy.
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Perhaps best of the Aubrey-Mautrin series,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Thirteen Gun Salute (Hardcover)
The opening paragraphs by themselves are worth the price of the book in summarizing the lives of all who have sailed into uncertainties. Most of the action is political intrigue in the South Sea kingdoms and then the faithful reader is forever left with an intensely moral question about one of the main characters of this extraordinary set of tales. Please start with the 1st book of the series, "Master and Commander," in order to have the on-going subplots make sense and in order to grow with Jack and Stephen. The "13 Gun Salute" is the 13th of the series. Patrick O'Brian writes with humour, intelligence and a deep loving affinity for long gone ships and seas.
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