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Title: H.M.S. Surprise
Subtitle: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 3
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-18-03
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1607 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
It will be a hard rub for Aubrey, who had counted on that money to clear his debts and make himself a suitable match, but no more hard than for Maturin who spends much of his free time at Mapes Court in the company of the lovely Sophia Williams, Aubrey's betrothed. How could Stephen deliver the news that would break Sophia's heart?
When Jack docks at Portsmouth, he is clapped in irons forthwith, and carried off to a sponging house for debtors. Jack knows a prisoner can rot in jail, so when Sir Joseph graciously offers him escape aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, bound for the East Indies, he makes for the only place where his unsteady virtue remains intact: the sea.
Critic Reviews:
"O'Brian knows his history and sailing, as is evident in the rich particulars....Stretching its genre but never escaping it, the novel will impress those who enjoy swashbucklers." (Publishers Weekly)
