Patrick O'Brian
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A twenty-volume hardcover set of the complete Patrick O'Brian high-seas Aubrey/Maturin adventure classics, including the final book: <i>Blue at the Mi
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zzen</i>. The Great Adventure begins in <b>Master & Commander</b> with the near-disaster of Jack Aubrey's first encounter with Stephen Maturin and the taking of the Cacafuego. <b>Post Captain</b>: Jack and Stephen vie for the affections of Diana Villiers. <b>H.M.S. Surprise</b>: In India, a prodigious blue diamond, a fatal duel, and a dramatic fleet action against the French. <b>The Mauritius Command</b>: An exploration of aberrant psychology and a most memorable storm at sea <b>Desolation Island</b>: The Waakzaamheid chases the Leopard south to the glories of Antarctica. <b>The Fortune of War</b>: Jack encounters the American navy, is taken prisoner, and witnesses the fateful clash of the Shannon and the Chesapeake. <b>The Surgeon's Mate</b>: A shipwreck on the coast of France, and Jack and Stephen are rescued from a French prison thanks to Diana's diamond <b>The Ionian Mission</b>: The Surprise is sent to intervene in the tangled politics of the Balkans.<b>Treason's Harbour</b>: A desert crossing, an unusual single-ship action in shoal waters, and Jack saved from treachery in Malta by Stephen's cunning. <b>The Far Side of the World</b>: Typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity in the far reaches of the Pacific <b>The Reverse of the Medal</b>: Jack, lured into a disastrous investment by French agents, is court-martialed and disgraced. <b>The Letter of Marque</b>: Cast out of the Royal Navy, Jack sets sail in the Surprise as a privateer, and Stephen's taste for tincture of opium takes a more serious turn. <b>The Thirteen Gun Salute</b>: A killer typhoon overtakes Jack and his crew in the South China Sea, and Stephen engages in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with French agents. <b>The Nutmeg of Consolation</b>: Pirates, smallpox, and a visit to the grim penal colony in Australia, where Stephen's Irish temper provokes a duel and a diplomatic crisis. <b>The Truelove</b>: Jack and Stephen mastermind a war among the cannibals, and a mysterious female convict sows dangerous jealousies aboard the Surprise. <b>The Wine-Dark Sea</b>: A submarine volcanic eruption serves as backdrop to revolution in South America and a memorable excursion into the Andes. <b>The Commodore</b>: A strange homecoming for Jack and Stephen, followed by a vigorous action to foil the French invasion of Ireland. <b>The Yellow Admiral</b>: Jack is rescued from the doldrums of peace and from amorous difficulties by Napoleon's escape from Elba. <b>The Hundred Days</b>: The cunning of Stephen and the seamanship of Jack prevent Napoleon from conquering Europe at Waterloo. <b>Blue at the Mizzen</b>: Jack Aubrey stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru.
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