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Original Title:	The Wine-Dark Sea
ISBN:	0393312445 (ISBN13: 9780393312447)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Aubrey & Maturin #16
Characters:	Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin

The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin #16)

Patrick O'Brian

Paperback | Pages: 338 pages

Rating: 4.39 | 7085 Users | 229 Reviews

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At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination.


Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.

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Title	:	The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin #16)
Author	:	Patrick O'Brian
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 338 pages
Published	:	October 17th 1994 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1993)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure

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Ratings: 4.39 From 7085 Users | 229 Reviews

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The first book by O'Brian that I read -- or 12 pages anyway. Then I put the book down, went back to the bookstore and bought the first five books in his Aubrey/Maturin series. A whole new world of pleasure opened up fifteen years ago that still satisfies today.My favorite section of the book narrates Stephen Maturin's journey across the high Andes of Peru in the company of a naturalist of Incan descent.

It says something about O'Brian's writing that, despite having a SPOILERIFIC description here on Goodreads, the initial portion of the novel - with the strange behavior of the sea causing everyone concern and dread, a slow build-up to the big reveal - still had power and beauty, even if I had been robbed of the suspense.The middle of the series seemed to lag, but the last third has been strong and constantly on the upswing. Even though there are repetitious details (innate to series), the

A return to form, in most respects, largely occasioned by O'Brian's lighting on a new theme, one that bids fair to carry him through the rest of the series--at least I hope so. It's a bit surprising he hadn't hit on it before this, but for the first time in the series, the undercurrent to the Aubrey-Maturin story is age and loss. One of Austen's characters in Persuasion remarks on how a life at sea ages a man horribly. Given all their adventures and misadventures (captures, multiple maroonings,

From time to time while reading Patrick OBrians novels in the Aubrey-Maturin series I stop and search them for signs of late style. By this I mean the sense of an ending, or at least the feeling that there is surely more of them behind me than there is in front. I recently finished The Wine-Dark Sea, which is the sixteenth instalment in a series that began in 1969 and ended with the publication of a final (unfinished) volume in 2004. This one came out in 1993, with the author well into his 70s;

Doctor Stephen Maturin, an intelligence agent of formidable powers, is dispatched to discomfit the Napoleonic French and their allies. With him comes his particular friend, naval captain Jack Aubrey. Each of them has some successes on this long voyage--Jack takes a truly ridiculous number of prizes--but are battered by their adventures and happy to head home.I love this series so much. At this point,the continued travails of the Surprise's crew, captain, and surgeon are as comforting and

The Wine Dark Sea, book number 16 of the Aubrey-Maturin series starts with a chase, ends with a chase and has the usual excitement and intrigue in between. The HMS Surprise voyages to Peru, where Maturin hopes to help the independence movement of Peru. He makes a land journey from Lima to Valparaiso in Chile, through the Andes, observing the flora and fauna of South America and reunites with the Surprise. The writing style, is superb and the historical accuracy transports the reader to the

I just picked this up at the local library but I have to finish "The Black Tower" first. I saw "Master and Commander" a few years ago and loved it, and have Mr. O'Brian on my "to-read" list. Maybe I'll "cheat" and read a few pages tonight.Wednesday morning... I finally got started last night. The writing is excellent of course. I've gone from one great English genre writer(P.D. James) to another. All the nautical jargon is a hoot and mostly indecipherable to me even though I know a bit about