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In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."--Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press

'H.M.S Surprise' follows Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against colleagues and the enemy, after accepting a commission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies.

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."-Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press

Las reflexiones sobre las cualidades que debe tener un buen capit?n, las observaciones sobre temas tan variados como el dinero, el sexo o el amor y la profundizaci?n en los aspectos m?s humanos de los personajes son algunos de los puntos fuertes de esta novela. Sin embargo, no... Read Full Overview