Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, set sail for the South China Sea on a diplomatic mission intended to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes.
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Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.
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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea, shepherding a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes. Stephen Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and at the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well-entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786219378
- ISBN 13 9780786219377
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages510
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