1812: Captain Jack Aubey, R.N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.
The Fortune of War
- Details
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Title: The Fortune of War
- Series: Jack Aubrey
- First Published by: Collins
- First Published Place: UK
- First Published Format: HC
- First Published Date: 1979