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The Thirteen Gun Salute

The Thirteen-Gun Salute is the thirteenth historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian, first published in 1989. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.

This novel constitutes the first of a five-novel circumnavigation of the globe; other novels in this voyage include The Nutmeg of Consolation, Clarissa Oakes/The Truelove, The Wine-Dark Sea, and The Commodore.

Spain hears that England may be supporting the independence of its colonies in South America, while an envoy is needed in the Malay states to gain an ally for England. These two changes alter Aubrey’s mission from his private man-of-war, Surprise en route to South America. They learn this at Lisbon, where Surprise parts company under Tom Pullings. Aubrey is reinstated on the Navy List in London and gains command of HMS Diane, carrying the envoy to negotiate a treaty with Pulo Prabang and Maturin gains a stay in a naturalist’s paradise. Then the Diane is en route to a rendezvous with Surprise, when shoals and a typhoon challenge the Diane and her crew.

Features;

• Folio Society First Edition
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2011
• Hardback Dark-Blue Buckram, 293 pp
• Various Colour and B/W Illustrations Throughout
• Size 230mm x 170mm, 1.3kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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