LEADER 01456ojm 2200277z- 450 001 9910148891103321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-721748-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923840 035 $a(BIP)014060363 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923840 100 $a20231107c2005uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aCommodore 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aTo whom does one's true allegiance lie?Jack Aubrey's long service has at last been rewarded with promotion to the rank of commodore, and a squadron of ships to command. His new commission is twofold - first, inhibit the slave trade off the coast of West Africa, and then, on his return, intercept a French fleet loaded with weapons intended for the disaffected Irish.But will the conflict of loyalties be insurmountable for his friend, and Irishman, Stephen Maturin?'His novels are . . . as delicately perceptive about the human condition as the Jane Austen novels that O'Brian himself so much admired.'CHRISTINA HARDYMENT, Independent'One of the most brilliantly sustained pieces of historical fictional writing this century.'JAMES TEACHER, Spectator 517 $aCommodore, The 610 $aFiction 610 $aLiterature and fiction 676 $a823/.914 700 $aO'Brian$b Patrick$f1914-2000$0780171 702 $aHardy$b Robert$f1925-2017$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148891103321 996 $aCommodore$93652018 997 $aUNINA