Helpful Score: 2
Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company.
Helpful Score: 1
The story continues and it is exciting.
I enjoyed this book a lot.
This book (the third) is the best so far in the series. The action scenes are so well written you can hear the guns and smell the smoke! Plus the relationship between Aubrey (Captain) and Maturin (Physician and spy) is incredible and well written. Very engaging book, I found it my constant companion until it was done. Maturin grows in his role as a spy and in his hobby as a naturalist. (The sloth interlude is entertaining.)
What I didnt like: OBrian (the author) struggles to write romance. Aubrey and his (sort of) fiancé Sophia Williams and Maturin and his being jilted by Diane Villers. OBrian wisely dedicated a lot fewer pages than he did in book 2, but still too much. Reminds me of the worst of young adult books with all the drama and angst that teenagers have with a first love.
Im sure, but cant remember who else wrote about the Battle of Pulo Aura (the battle with Linois in the Indian Ocean defending the China Fleet/East Indian Company ships). If anyone knows, please contact me. I think it was Kent/Bolitho. Not to worry, they describe the same events, but each in his own style. I would love to compare the two side by side. Im guessing (maybe because I just read it) that OBrian was more naval-technical. Both were compelling.
Tags: those appropriate to a naval war book
I am really enjoying this series; so far each book has been significantly better than the last.
This book (the third) is the best so far in the series. The action scenes are so well written you can hear the guns and smell the smoke! Plus the relationship between Aubrey (Captain) and Maturin (Physician and spy) is incredible and well written. Very engaging book, I found it my constant companion until it was done. Maturin grows in his role as a spy and in his hobby as a naturalist. (The sloth interlude is entertaining.)
What I didnt like: OBrian (the author) struggles to write romance. Aubrey and his (sort of) fiancé Sophia Williams and Maturin and his being jilted by Diane Villers. OBrian wisely dedicated a lot fewer pages than he did in book 2, but still too much. Reminds me of the worst of young adult books with all the drama and angst that teenagers have with a first love.
Im sure, but cant remember who else wrote about the Battle of Pulo Aura (the battle with Linois in the Indian Ocean defending the China Fleet/East Indian Company ships). If anyone knows, please contact me. I think it was Kent/Bolitho. Not to worry, they describe the same events, but each in his own style. I would love to compare the two side by side. Im guessing (maybe because I just read it) that OBrian was more naval-technical. Both were compelling.
Tags: those appropriate to a naval war book
I am really enjoying this series; so far each book has been significantly better than the last.
Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the price that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attach the China Fleet...
"The best historical novels ever written." NY Times Book Review
"The best historical novels ever written." NY Times Book Review
