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PatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturintalesarewidelyacknowledgedtobethegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten.Tocommemoratethe40thanniversaryoftheirbeginning,withMasterandCommander,theseevocativestoriesarebeingre-issuedinpaperbackwithsmartnewlivery.Thisistheseventeenthbookintheseries.JackAubrey’slongserviceisatlastrewarded:heispromotedtotherankofCommodoreandgivenasquadronofshipstocommand.Hismissionistwofold–tomakealargedentintheslavetradeoffthecoastofAfricaand,onhisreturn,tointerceptaFrenchfleetsetforBantryBaywithacargoofweaponsforthedisaffectedamongtheIrish.Inventionandsurprisefollowateveryturninthistaleofnineteenth-centuryseamanship,asrich,ascompelling,asmasterlyasanyofitspredecessors.