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      Desolation Island

      by Patrick O'Brian
      Published
      Jan 1978
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      325
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      Aubrey/Maturin Book 5

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      Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountainous seas, the Dutchman closes ...

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      Book 5
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      Action Adventure Historical

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      Military Nautical

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