The Truelove
/ Patrick O'Brian
- New York : W. W. Norton and Company , 1993, c1992.
- 298 p.
Originally published under title: Clarissa Oakes.
This splendid installment in O'Brian's widely acclaimed series of Aubrey-Maturin novels is in equal parts mystery, adventure, and psychological drama. A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Friendly Isles (Tonga) at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey of the Royal Navy is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order.
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Great Britain---History, Naval----Fiction Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)---Fiction Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character)---Fiction