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The nutmeg of consolation / Patrick O'Brian.
- Title
- The nutmeg of consolation / Patrick O'Brian.
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000
- Publication
- London : HarperCollins, 2003, c1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6029.B55 N88 2003x | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 351 p. : 1 ill.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Jack Aubery and Stephen Maturin find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies, attacked by Malay pirates. They escape, but after a stay in Batavia and a change of ship, they are caught up in a chase through fiercely tidal waters and then embroiled in much more insidious conflicts in the penal settlements of New South Wales.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sea stories.
- Historical fiction
- Fiction
- Sea stories
- Note
- Originally published: London: Collins, 1991.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Includes essay "The naval world of Jack Aubrey" by N.A.M. Rodger.
- ISBN
- 0006499295
- OCLC
- 52566532
- SCSB-12314017
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library