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H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent, and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority....
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In the 18th Century, a Royal Navy ship runs aground during a storm while on a mission to harass Spanish vessels off the coast of South America. A mutiny breaks out and the novel follows two young sailors as they battle the elements and fellow sailors to survive. By the author of The Golden Ocean.
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