Patrick O'Brian
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Aubrey and Maturin volume 3
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Jack is no sooner back in England after spiriting Stephen away from enemy clutches than he is flung in debtor's prison. The only escape lies at sea: the two friends are to accompany the king's envoy to Kampong, in present-day Cambodia. Braving the violence of Atlantic swells and predatory French squadrons, the Surprise battles its way to India in a series of thrilling and terrifying adventures against the exotic backdrop of the sub-continet, where...
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Aubrey and Maturin volume 4
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Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command -- until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains -- Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose...
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Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts, including a dangerous spy, while the crew is decimated by disease and their ship, the "Leopard," is pursued by a Dutch man-of-war.
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Jack Aubrey, commander of the best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy, leaves the Dutch East Indies to return to England in a dispatch vessel, but the outbreak of the War of 1812 delays his journey and draws him into bloody battle.
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As Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are on their way home to report their latest victory to the government, they are menaced by those out to capture Maturin for his actions against the French intelligence network in the New World.
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Aubrey and Maturin volume 20
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This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining and enjoying more amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life....