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The Letter of Marque

by Patrick O’Brian Book 12 in the Aubrey–Maturin Novels series.

First published 1988

4.7(2,902)

Struck from the Navy List, Jack Aubrey commands Surprise as a privately owned letter-of-marque ship financed by Stephen Maturin. He seeks prizes and a decisive success that might restore his reputation and return him to naval service.

A daring operation against a French port offers that chance, while Stephen’s personal life reaches a crisis involving Diana Villiers. The voyage joins privateering, intelligence work and domestic reconciliation to Jack’s effort to recover his name.

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