Paperback: 379 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication Date: 1991-05
ISBN: 0393307611
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Captain Jack Aubrey accepts a commission 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 subcontinent, and through the spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming local superiority.