TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brian,Patrick
AU  - Heston,Charlton
TI  - The far side of the world
SN  - 0006499252
AV  - PR6065.B742 F37 2003
U1  - 823.914 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Royal Navy
KW  - Officers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - War of 1812
KW  - fast
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)
KW  - Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character)
KW  - South Atlantic Ocean
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Naval history
KW  - Sea stories
N1  - Previously published in B-format paperback  HarperCollins 1997
N2  - The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has fish of his own to fry in the world of secret intelligence. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the pacific: typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity. Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and fearless captain in Nelson's navy, accepts a mission that will test his abilities to the limit: he is to set sail immediately for Cape Horn, to intercept a powerful frigate intent on wreaking havoc among British whalers. Aubrey's beloved ship, HMS Surprise, is up to the task, but many of her sailors are untried. Aubrey's confidant, ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence. As the Surprise and her crew draw closer to the enemy, their journey grows ever more dangerous: murder, shipwreck, and a desperate rescue attempt await them in the far reaches of the Pacific
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