About this book
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.
- Ship captains
- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
- Naval History
- Ship physicians
- Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Great britain, fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
