The Letter of Marque, Book 12

Patrick O'Brian

Collins, 1988 - Fiction - 284 pages

Jack Aubrey, a sea captain, is struck off the captains list for a crime he did not commit. Together with his friend Stephen Maturin, an agent for the British government, he embarks on a mission, which if successful, will restore his lost rank.

Contents

• Section 1: 7
• Section 2: 33
• Section 3: 66

About the author

Patrick O'Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He lived for many years in South West France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Letter of Marque, Book 12; Volume 12 of Aubrey / Maturin; Book 12 of Aubrey-Maturin Series, Patrick O'Brian; Book 12 of Jack Aubrey and Steven Maturin; The Letter of Marque
• Author: Patrick O'Brian
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Collins, 1988
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Mar 28, 2011
• ISBN: 0002231492, 9780002231497
• Length: 284 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Sea Stories