Desolation Island

Author/Contributor(s):	O'Brian, Patrick
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	11/16/2021
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat....For Conradian power of description and sheer excitement there is nothing in naval fiction to beat the stern chase as the outgunned Leopard staggers through mountain waves in icy latitudes to escape the Dutch seventy-four." --Stephen Vaughan, Observer