{"product_id":"the-thirteen-gun-salute-aubreymaturin-book-13","title":"The Thirteen-Gun Salute: Aubrey\/Maturin (Book 13)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In length the series is unique; in quality―and there is not a weak link in the chain―it cannot but be ranked with the best of twentieth century historical novels.\" ―Independent\u003cbr\u003e\nCaptain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement through his daring exploits as a privateer, brilliantly chronicled in The Letter of Marque. Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin―his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent―on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which would put English merchant shipping at risk.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe journey of the Diane encompasses a great and satisfying diversity of adventures. Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the Diane off a reef; and in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin., ISBN13:9780393309072 ISBN10:039330907X Material Type:paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cheap Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52494975795507,"sku":"TN_STR_UBD_H000148G","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/5086\/1363\/files\/918wXo7NLYL_5e8dcc6b-5cae-4c87-9b4b-08bff23d5b9f.jpg?v=1759996749","url":"https:\/\/cheapbookdepot.com\/products\/the-thirteen-gun-salute-aubreymaturin-book-13","provider":"Cheap Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}