Bibliograph

Blue at the mizzen, Patrick O'Brian

Type

Label

Blue at the mizzen, Patrick O'Brian

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Blue at the mizzen

Medium

text large print

Responsibility statement

Patrick O'Brian

Series statement

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin seafaring series, 20

Summary

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain

Target audience

adult

Classification