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The Far Side of the World

by Patrick O’Brian

Book 10 in the Aubrey–Maturin Novels series.

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The War of 1812 sends HMS Surprise around Cape Horn in pursuit of the American frigate Norfolk, which threatens British whalers in the Pacific. Jack Aubrey faces a long ocean chase while Stephen Maturin hopes to continue intelligence work and natural-history research.

Discipline fractures under isolation, accident and suspicion. After typhoons, castaways and a near-fatal separation from the ship, the pursuit ends in the remote Pacific under circumstances neither side expected.

Historical periods

Napoleonic Era War of 1812 Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Genres

Espionage Exploration & Survival Fiction Maritime Fiction War Fiction

Series reading order

Books in Aubrey–Maturin Novels

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