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The Far Side of the World
First published 1984
The War of 1812 sends HMS Surprise around Cape Horn in pursuit of the American frigate Norfolk, which threatens British whalers in the Pacific. Jack Aubrey faces a long ocean chase while Stephen Maturin hopes to continue intelligence work and natural-history research.
Discipline fractures under isolation, accident and suspicion. After typhoons, castaways and a near-fatal separation from the ship, the pursuit ends in the remote Pacific under circumstances neither side expected.
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