Download The Thirteen Gun Salute: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 13 AudioBook Free
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest group of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the thirteenth book in the series.For all those Jack Aubrey's life he has triumphed, often sensationally, in the dangers of the sea and the violence of the enemy. But his rashness, his guilelessness, his indiscretion have again and again enabled his rivals to prevent him reaping his just rewards. The nadir was reached in The Reverse of the Medal when, the victim of a skilful frame-up, he was convicted of fraud and struck off of the Navy list as he was coming within sight of flag rank. The next exposure of the conspiracy, coupled with his brilliant success in command of an privateer, had brought him to a position where Their Lordships were more or less bound to reinstate him.This, as the present book opens, they have done, and he and his old friend Dr Maturin are sailing over a secret mission with a hand-picked crew, the majority of them shipmates from the adventures and lucrative voyages of earlier years.
