Showing The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian

Paperback. Pub Date: 1997 Pages: 400 Publisher: the Harpercollins Publishers Patrick O'ian.'s Auey-Maturin tales are On Widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of Historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning with Master and Commander. these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the tenth book in the series.It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'ian takes his hero Jack Auey and his tetchy. sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the itish whaling trade.If they do not come up with her before she rounds the Horn . they must follow her into the Great South Sea and as far across the Pacific as she may lead them. It is a comm...