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Title	:	The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin #12)
Author	:	Patrick O'Brian
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	August 17th 1992 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1988)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure

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Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.

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Original Title:	The Letter of Marque
ISBN:	0393309053 (ISBN13: 9780393309058)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Aubrey & Maturin #12
Characters:	Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin

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Sheer delight. While I defer in advance to any feminist or intersectional analysis from Wealhtheow whenever she gets around to this one, I enjoyed it perhaps more than anything in the series since H.M.S. Surprise. (view spoiler)[It helps that both Jack and Stephen have such happy outcomes to their adventures after a long stretch of troubles, but what are long series for if not, in part, the odd volume of wish-fulfillment? (hide spoiler)]

3.5 4 starsIn a nutshell this volume of Aubrey and Maturins adventures covers a short, though very eventful, series of engagements in the Surprise under the titular letter of marque granted them by the crown, making Aubrey and company privateers (or in other words government sanctioned pirates). No doubt driven by his anger over the injustices he has suffered of late Aubrey proves to be a harsher than normal task-master to his crew, half of which are made up of old Surprises, the other of new

Lucky Jack Aubrey is back! And what a comeback it is!But that will come in due course and first Jack and Stephen have their fair share of misery and heartache. And while Jack bears it with a certain degree of fortitude though being uncharacteristically reserved and sullen, Stephen is practically falling to pieces, losing almost all his quick-wittiness and sharpness of mind. But certain wounds are not to be suffered alone in a quiet corner and action is always the best remedy so both Jack and

The usual, brightly colored Aubrey and Maturin high-seas fun, leaven with the sobering hash each makes of his health and personal life. They have the whole world helping them into their personal infernos, but the fault lies not in their stars but in themselves. Friends and family--and each other--bear them through as usual on a freshening breeze and the promise of yet greater adventures.

Another marvellous re-read. After the despair of the last volume, this 'second half' is about the redemption of our two heroes. These 20 volumes really are a fine set of novels of character development and interaction as well as a wonderful education about England at home and abroad during the early 19thC.You do not have to be a fan of war or naval adventures to appreciate this fine achievement. The GR blurb:'Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list

Well, I love e'm all, but this is one of my faves! This is the 10th Aubrey & Maturin I've re-read this year - something's had to soothe my savage breast following the Brexit vote and I can't take up smoking again - been off the evil weed for 35 years!

I'm profoundly in love with Diane Villiers. Steve Maturin's estranged wife. Both these characters turn over another leaf in this glorious tale of the continuing Aubrey/Maturin saga. Captain Jack Aubrey has been struck off the naval list because of enemy agents framing him for a stock exchange crime he did not commit. Many know he has been framed and the enemy agents guilty of the entrapment have fled the country. Aubrey is presented with HMS Surprise, which Steven Maturin has bought out of his