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The nutmeg of consolation (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #14)
Historical fiction, War stories, Adventure stories, Sea stories, Biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
When a typhoon wrecks the "Diane," and its captain, Jack Aubrey; its surgeon, Stephen Maturin; and its crew plot their survival on an island in the Dutch East Indies. At first they are hoodwinked by a band of pirates. Eventually… they take command of "The Nutmeg of Consolation," a small ship with which they outwit a much larger French enemy vessel and proceed to Australia. There they become involved in assorted battles that they have little to do with the sea