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The Commodore

(Vol. Book 17)

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The Commodore

Written by: Patrick O'Brian
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes.

Much of The Commodore takes place on land, in sitting rooms and in drafty castles, but the roar of the great guns is never far from our hearing. Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade. But their ultimate destination is Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent.

The subtle interweaving of these disparate themes is an achievement of pure storytelling by one of our greatest living novelists.

©1994 Patrick O'Brian (P)2014 Audible, Ltd Historical Thriller & Suspense Fiction France Sailing

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The End is Near

As I finished this, the 17th book I have listened to, in O’Brian’s series I thought to myself that I have enjoyed them all immensely. This book is no exception in the wonderful and continual character development of who have become like two old friends of mine - Lucky Jack and Dr. Maturin. I did not want this take to end - there’s much here that wraps up so many loose ends and as I have already purchased The Yellow Admiral, takes me closer to the end of this amazing saga.

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