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The Letter of Marque

by Patrick O’Brian

Part of Aubrey–Maturin Novels

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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.

Historical periods

Napoleonic Era Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Genres

Espionage Exploration & Survival Fiction Maritime Fiction War Fiction

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