Journal Entry 1 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Saturday, December 29, 2007

"Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command, until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore’s pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains—Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny." 

Journal Entry 2 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Saturday, January 12, 2008

Like previous Aubrey-Maturin books, this one took me back in time to the Napoleonic Wars and to faraway places. I liked the interactions between Dr. Stephen Maturin and his friend Jack Aubrey. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Desolation Island. 

Journal Entry 3 by krin511 at By Mail in BookMooch, a bookmoocher -- Controlled Releases on Monday, January 21, 2008

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