The Reverse of the Medal (Vol. Book 11) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Patrick O'Brian

W. W. Norton & Company, Jul 17, 1992 - Fiction - 287 pages

"An overwhelming, outstanding novel...!"—Irish Times

Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage—the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization and sparkling dialogue which O'Brian's readers have come to expect.

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 Reverse of the Medal (Vol. Book 11) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels); Book 11 of Aubrey/Maturin Novels, Patrick O'Brian; Volume 11 of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin seafaring series
• Author: Patrick O'Brian
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
• ISBN: 0393309606, 9780393309607
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Sea Stories; Literary Criticism / General