The Thirteen-Gun Salute

Patrick O'Brian

Book 13 of Aubrey & Maturin

Language: Unknown

Publisher: Norton

Published: Jan 2, 1989

Description:

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following reinstatement into the Royal Navy. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans. A killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef. In the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a diplomatic mission tries to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk.