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Original Title:	Desolation Island
ISBN:	039330812X (ISBN13: 9780393308129)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Aubrey & Maturin #5
Characters:	Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin

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"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." —David Mamet, New York Times 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.

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Title	:	Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5)
Author	:	Patrick O'Brian
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 350 pages
Published	:	August 17th 1991 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1978)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Audiobook. War. Military Fiction

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damn the ending - it feels like leaving the expedition halfway through; it was almost anticlimactic after all the anxiousness of the pursuit and other misfortunes haunting the ship.

This was my second Aubrey/Maturin book, and I chose it because this was how the plot description went: "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."Holy shit, look at all that stuff! Mutineers! Sexy lady spies! Plagues! What isn't to like here?First, a few corrections

A very enjoyable read but not the strongest installment of the series so far. The story this time around lacks side-plots: It is pretty straight-forward from beginning to end, and I didn't find myself too smitten with the new characters. I had expected the convicts to play a larger role in the book, but, contrary to O'Brian's usual fondness for lavish description and social commentary, they are hardly mentioned and remain pretty inconsequential to the whole story, apart from providing a reason

Five stars for the paper book; three for the Simon Vance audio book reading.This book begins my favorite of the story arcs in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Jack and Stephen are aboard "the horrible old Leopard ", and there are some absolutely amazing action scenes in this book: the pursuit by the Dutch 74-gun during a storm; the chaos when the sailors abandon the damaged ship to sail away with Grant; the tense effort to bring the ship to Desolation island before she founders.Then there's the human

(I listened to the unabridged audiobook version, read by Patrick Tull. --10/24/11)Loved this story, the best of the lot I've read since Post Captain (though every single one is head and shoulders above most historical fiction I've ever read). It was quite different from the previous books, with the "action" being more of the episodic type aboard the HMS Leopard on its trip around the Cape, en route to Australia on a mission. The mission itself is secondary, as things like typhus, female

I've had this on Mt. TBR for years and now it is the Classic Serial starting Sunday. Bargain!BBC BLURB: August, 1811. Jack Aubrey sets sail for Australia in his new command, HMS Leopard. His mission - to transport a group of convicts to Botany Bay, including a woman, Louisa Wogan, who has been spying for the Americans. Stephen Maturin joins Jack once again as ship's surgeon - but his real mission is to watch Mrs Wogan. When a fever breaks out among the prisoners and crew, Jack decides to head

Here's Goodreads' sexy summary for this book: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 spyand a treacherous disease that decimates the crew.Sounds pretty salacious, doesn't it? There's a"rescue" of a prominent historical figure, the threat of a "treacherous disease," and a James Bond-esque "beautiful and dangerous spy."