Book - BookDetective

Name: The Nutmeg of Consolation

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Year: 1991
Rank:

Rating:

Original Rating:

Pop Rating:

Genres/categories:
Historical fiction, Adventure, War/Military

Purchase/reserch links:

ISBNs:
9780393309065
0393309061

Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the
fashion a schooner from the wreck. A vicious attack by Malay pirates is repulsed, but the makeshift vessel burns, and they are truly marooned. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the whimsy and ingenuity of Patrick O'Brian - or Stephen Maturin - could devise.
In command now of a new ship, the
, Aubrey pursues his interrupted mission. The dreadful penal colony in New South Wales, harrowingly described, is the backdrop to a diplomatic crisis provoked by Maturin's Irish temper, and to a near-fatal encounter with the wildlife of the Australian outback.

This book is part of the "Aubrey & Maturin" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Hundred Days"
First published in 1998
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Yellow Admiral"
First published in 1996
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Commodore"
First published in 1994
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Wine-Dark Sea"
First published in 1993
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Thirteen Gun Salute"
First published in 1989
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Letter of Marque"
First published in 1988
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Reverse of the Medal"
First published in 1986
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Far Side of the World"
First published in 1984
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"Treason's Harbour"
First published in 1983
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Ionian Mission"
First published in 1981
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Surgeon's Mate"
First published in 1980
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Fortune of War"
First published in 1978
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"The Mauritius Command"
First published in 1977
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"Desolation Island"
First published in 1977
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"H. M. S. Surprise"
First published in 1973
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"Post Captain"
First published in 1972
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"Master and Commander"
First published in 1970
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

Similar books:

Categories:
Science fiction
Fantasy
Mystery
Romance
Business
Classic
Sports
Young adult
Humor
Memoirs
See all categories...