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Clarissa Oakes / Patrick O'Brian.

by O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.

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HarperCollins, 1992.

Ship physicians -- Fiction.

Ship captains -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.

O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Aubrey & Maturin ; 15.

9780006499305 (2003 pbk.)

0006472559 (Fontana pbk.)

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256 p. ; 22 cm.

Also published under the title: "The Truelove".

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 1992.

The fifteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel in which Jack finds himself re-united with the Surprise, but dangerously out of touch with his crew. Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his ship: to his astonishment he finds that in spite of a lifetime's experience he does not know what the foremost hands or even his own officers are thinking. They know, as he does not, that the Surprise has a stranger aboard: and what they, for their part, do not know is that the stranger is potentially as dangerous as a light in the powder magazine itself.

Historical fiction.

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