LEADER 01698ojm 2200325z- 450 001 9910148885803321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-721741-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923893 035 $a(BIP)014060357 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923893 100 $a20231107c2005uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aHundred Days 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aNapoleon has escaped from Elba - the Hundred Days have begun.The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing army. Commodore Jack Aubrey and his convoy are tasked with destroying enemy shipyards along the Adriatic coast and cutting off the financial support from that quarter, in a fast and furious race to stop the Corsican from regaining all he's lost.All is to play for and everything is at stake.'Patrick O'Brian is far and away the best of the Napoleonic story tellers, and The Hundred Days is one of the best in the series; a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping.'BERNARD CORNWELL'Patrick O'Brian is a joy to read.'Irish Independent 517 $aHundred Days, The 610 $aGreat britain 610 $aMaturin, stephen (fictitious character) 610 $aSea stories 610 $aAubrey, jack (fictitious character) 610 $aFiction 610 $aNapoleonic wars, 1800-1815 676 $a823.9/14 700 $aO'Brian$b Patrick$f1914-2000,$00 702 $aHardy$b Robert$f1925-2017,$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148885803321 996 $aHundred Days$93652734 997 $aUNINA