HMS Surprise
About this book
"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves on a prolonged voyage aboard a Royal Navy frigate en route to the Malay Peninsula. In this new sphere, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy who enjoys overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could secure him a marriage to his beloved Sophie and make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.
Profil du lecteur
4.4/5 · 224 lecteurs · 414 pages · ≈ 7 h 40 m · Modéré
Combien de temps pour lire H. M. S. Surprise ?
Environ ≈ 7 h 40 m — 414 pages, à raison d'environ 250 mots par page et 225 mots par minute.
Combien de pages fait H. M. S. Surprise ?
414 pages dans son édition la plus lue.
Quel est le genre de H. M. S. Surprise ?
Il se trouve dans les rayons History, Fiction.
H. M. S. Surprise est-il dans le domaine public ?
Non — il est encore sous droits d'auteur.
Où se déroule H. M. S. Surprise ?
Elle se déroule à Great Britain, pendant 19th century.
Qui a écrit H. M. S. Surprise ?
Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000).
“But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy.”