The Fortune of War (Vol. Book 6) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Patrick O'Brian

W. W. Norton & Company, Aug 17, 1991 - Fiction - 329 pages

"A marvelously full-flavored, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat." —Times Literary Supplement

Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.

About the author

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Fortune of War (Vol. Book 6) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels); Aubrey / Maturin series; Book 6 of Aubrey/Maturin Novels, Patrick O'Brian; Volume 6 of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels; Norton paperback
• Author: Patrick O'Brian
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
• ISBN: 0393308138, 9780393308136
• Length: 329 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Sea Stories; Fiction / War & Military; Literary Criticism / General