The Fortune of War, (1979) is a historical novel set during the War of 1812 and written by British author Patrick O'Brian.
Set during the War of 1812, The Fortune of War contains lightly fictionalized accounts of the battles between HMS Java and USS Constitution, and between HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake.
The Americans capture Aubrey and become particularly suspicious of him as a former commander of HMS Leopard, due to the Chesapeake-Leopard Aff...
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The Fortune of War, (1979) is a historical novel set during the War of 1812 and written by British author Patrick O'Brian.
Set during the War of 1812, The Fortune of War contains lightly fictionalized accounts of the battles between HMS Java and USS Constitution, and between HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake.
The Americans capture Aubrey and become particularly suspicious of him as a former commander of HMS Leopard, due to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
This book extensively explores Maturin's character while he and Aubrey languish in captivity in Boston, as he can manifest his various roles; doctor, spy, and tormented lover. It continues the account of Maturin's pursuit of Diana Villiers, with whom he remains deeply in love.
After almost losing the Leopard to the ocean, Aubrey and his much reduced crew limp into harbour in the Dutch East Indies. He reports to the Admiral on station, Admiral Drury, who he has known on and off for the last twenty years. Aubrey finds he is to relinquish...
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