Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.
- ISBN10 0393037061
- ISBN13 9780393037067
- Publish Date 26 January 1996 (first published 29 May 1980)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 28 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English