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  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute

  • Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 13
  • Written by: Patrick O'Brian
  • Narrated by: Patrick Tull
  • Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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The Thirteen-Gun Salute

Written by: Patrick O'Brian
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Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin set sail aboard the Diane for the South China Sea, shepherding a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes. If their mission fails, English merchant shipping in the area will be threatened. At the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang, the stage is set for a duel of intelligence agents, pitting the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin against the French envoys, who are already entrenched in the Sultan's favor.

The thirteenth installment of Patrick O'Brian's hugely successful Aubrey/Maturin series.
©1989 Patrick O'Brian (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC
Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction
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I'll only listen to this series by this narrator

don't listen to these other reviews, patrick tull was a friend of the authors and had a true love of the material. I've listened to all the narrators and they often tend to get the feeling of the dialog wrong, Patrick also is far better at convincing voices above and below deck.

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Hard to finish

Very slow. Weak storyline. Narrator terrible. Couldn't understand what was going on most of the time due to same tone and accent. Previous books and narration in series much better.

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Disliked the narrator

Quite disliked the narrator, a different voice from many other books on the series. The character voices are overdone and distracting.

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Could Not Finish

The narrator for this volume is awful. I could not finish the story. I found his odd voice and strange pacing to be too much of a distraction. I hope nothing happened in this book that I’ll need to know to follow the rest.

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