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‘Youareinforthetreatofyourlives.ThankGodforPatrickO’Brian:hisgeniusilluminatestheliteratureoftheEnglishlanguage,andlightensthelivesofthosewhoreadhim.’KevinMyers,IrishTimesTheYellowAdmiral–theeighteenthnovelinthesequencehailedasthegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten–setsthefallandriseofJackAubreyinbrilliantcounterpointtothefallandriseofNapoleonBonaparte.LifeashoremayonceagainbetheundoingofJackAubrey.EvenJack’sexploitsatseaturnsourinthestormwatersoffBrest.Worstofall,inthespringof1814peacebreaksout.ButStephenMaturinreturnsfromamissioninFrancewithnewsthattheChileansrequiretheserviceofEnglishofficers.JackissavouringthisreprieveforhiscareerwhenhereceivesanurgentdespatchorderinghimtoGibraltar:NapoleonhasescapedfromElba.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.