Susan D. (soozie321) reviewed on 1/10/2007 + 25 more book reviews

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

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