"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." —Los Angeles Times Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both th

Aubrey and Maturin are sent to help Chile assert its independence from Spain. Aubrey's new midshipman is Horatio Hanson, the unacknowledged bastard of the Duke

Now that the Napoleonic Wars are over, frigate captain Jack Aubrey faces desertion, near sinking, and brawls with British sailors--all before he reaches his nex

The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disa

Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.