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| Original Title: | Treason's Harbour |
| ISBN: | 0393308634 (ISBN13: 9780393308631) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Aubrey & Maturin #9 |
| Characters: | Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin |
Patrick O'Brian
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.38 | 9456 Users | 267 Reviews
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| Title | : | Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin #9) |
| Author | : | Patrick O'Brian |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | April 17th 1992 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure |
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All Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen Maturin assumes the center stage for the dockyards and salons of Malta are alive with Napoleon's agents, and the admiralty's intelligence network is compromised. Maturin's cunning is the sole bulwark against sabotage of Aubrey's daring mission.Rating Containing Books Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin #9)
Ratings: 4.38 From 9456 Users | 267 ReviewsCritique Containing Books Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin #9)
Jack Aubreys Mediterranean cruises are typically the novels Im least interested in, since they so heavily involve naval battles and all their associated strategising, which is easily the most difficult part of this series to comprehend. Treasons Harbour, which uses Malta as its hub, is a nice surprise: its another book which deftly balances Jacks maritime escapades with Stephens more shadowy land-based work in the intelligence service.One of the things which appealed to me from the outset wasI'm really trying to pace myself when going through this series, because with every part of it I read, I am more and more conscious that I only have a finite number of books remaining to be read. I'm not even quite half way through the series, but I'm still trying to draw it out as much as I can, so that I will have more of this world to savour and explore.Treason's Harbour is one of the quieter of O' Brian's works so far. The pace is slower, and it feels much more like a part of an extended
Stationed on Malta during the later Napoleonic War, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin are embroiled in a Mediterranean intrigue that takes them to Egypt and the Red Sea.While O'Brian is one of my favorite authors, this is not one of my favorite books of his. It's balance tilts in favor of intrigue over action. More time is devoted to matters of intelligence and spying, and even that lacks some of its usual excitement.However, it has its redeeming qualities. There is, as
Back with Captain Aubrey & Doctor Maturin, hoping this outing will be better than the last which turned out to be a bit of a stodgy affair, the only one so far I should add, in what has been a great high seas adventure series.We start on land, although this time not in Blighty but in Malta with the focus very soon on espionage & Dr Maturin! The new characters are introduced very quickly, one being a femme fatale, a very transparent one at that, whilst others more shadowy lurk in the
Espionage on the island of Malta plus conflict at sea. The whole saga is captivating. Steven Maturin really shines in this. On land that is. Where he excels. Jack Aubrey is the same at sea, but rather like a fish out of water on land. These stories seem to switch between Maturin being the star in port or land with Jack Aubrey being a total master and commander aboard ship. The espionage angle of this story is very gripping. Maturin is aware of all the deceit and complications too. A skilful
'Don't you know how to seize a cuckold's neck, you God-damned lubber? Where's the bleeding seizing?' Hi, I'm Algernon and I'm a landlubber. I will probably be the first one to go overboard in a storm because I don't have the foggiest what a cuckold's neck is and where the jib is supposed to be hoisted. I take solace from the fact that my situation is not much different from that of Dr. Stephen Maturin, who is similarly baffled on board ship, even after nine voyages in the company of his friend,
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