01469ojm 2200253z- 450 991014888290332120230912161814.00-00-721739-0(CKB)3710000000923922(BIP)014060355(EXLCZ)99371000000092392220231107c2005uuuu -u- -engIonian MissionHarperCollins UKWhether close to home or far away, there are no safe harbours while Napoleon seeks to dominate the known world.Jack Aubrey, veteran of numerous battles, has been promoted to senior captain commanding a ship that has been sent out to reinforce the squadron blockading Toulon. Compared to the early days of the Napoleonic conflict, the action is slow, cold and dull. But a sudden turn of events takes Aubrey, and ship's surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, off on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, where the skill, daring and, indeed, luck of both men will be tested to the utmost.With so much at risk, will a Turkish alliance carry the day?'I envy those who have never read Patrick O'Brian: an enormous pleasure awaits you.'Irish Times'Wonderfully spacious, generous, funny, intelligent books.'JOHN LANCHESTERIonian Mission, The 823/.914O'Brian Patrick1914-2000780171Hardy Robert1925-2017othAUDIO9910148882903321Ionian Mission3650192UNINA