The Fortune of War

By (author): "Patrick O'Brian"
Publish Date: 1979
The Fortune of War
ISBN0006499198
ISBN139780006499190
AsinThe Fortune of War
CharactersJack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
Original titleThe Fortune of War
SeriesAubrey & Maturin #6
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, 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 despatch 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.