On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America brewing, can Captain Jack Aubrey reach Australia in one piece? Outmanned and outgunned in a thrilling ...
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On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America brewing, can Captain Jack Aubrey reach Australia in one piece? Outmanned and outgunned in a thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm, the crew of HMS Leopard discover they have become the quarry not the hunter. 'What is so gripping about O'Brian's novels is the completeness with which he invents a world which is our own and not our own . . . O'Brian is a brilliant observer.' A. S. BYATT, Evening Standard 'I fell in love with his writing straightaway. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships . . . It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me.' KEITH RICHARDS
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Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $15.73, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Madison Books.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $15.73, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Madison Books.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $15.73, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Madison Books.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $17.79, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Madison Books.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $37.50, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Stein and Day.
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Book. Octavo; G+/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ has toning to spine, else clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards, slightly cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight but for penciled dates on rear endpaper; 276 pages. 1358238. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by David Kaye Books & Memorabilia rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Woodland Hills, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Stein & Day.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 081282590X. A Jack Aubrey adventure, near fine in vg+ dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; fading to jacket spine, one gently bumped board corner else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing with no later statements.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $49.95, very good condition, Sold by Rainy Day Paperback rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bethel, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Stein and Day.
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VERY GOOD. Book is as new except for a little dust spotting to top edge of text block and light softening of spine ends. Jacket (Riou, cover art) is crisp and clean but has a small 1/4" tear to top back edge. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin take the Leopard to New South Wales in a trip around the Horn. 5.5" X 8.5" 276 pages.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $57.79, very good condition, Sold by Doc O'Connor rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fort Wright, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Stein and Day.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Hardback. (1979). Small 8vo. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is not clipped with original price ($9.95). Minor bumping to bottom fore edge corners. Tiny bit of wear at spine crown and top fore edge corner of rear panel of dust jacket. 276pp.
Add this copy of Desolation Island to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Gian Luigi Fine Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by STEIN & DAY.
Add this copy of Desolation Island [Aubrey-Maturin 5] to cart. $88.97, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1979 by Stein and Day.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original black cloth backed boards gilt (edges a trifle rubbed & sunned, faint speckling) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed); pp. [viii (last blank)], 276. A near fine copy. The fifth Aubrey-Maturin novel.
Patrick O'Brian wrote 20 novels in this series and Desolation is one of the overall best. The action is intense, the story believable and the characters will cause anyone who reads this to catch AMS - the Aubry/Matrian Syndrome!
More than a nautical tale, it is a story about a relationship between a ships capitan (Jack Aubry) and his "particular" friend and surgen, Stephen Matrian. Beyond that is the intregue that comes with the special duties that Maturian conducts.
Most start with the first book in the series, not this 5th one, but each are written as a complete book so you can start with Desolation Island as it is a complete story on its own.
There are none who have done historical fiction better than O'Brian. His details make every story come alive.
