Captain Jack Aubrey, hiding out in France from his creditors, is forced to run for his life when Napoleon goes to war again in 1803.

Captain Jack Aubrey, given secret orders to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion, finds his mission endangered by the behavior of two of his crew members.

En route home, Aubrey and Maturin find themselves in deep trouble when their ship engages the U.S.S. Constitution in battle-and loses. Aubrey, now a POW in Boston, waits for word of a prisoner exchange, while Maturin renews a most cherished friendship.

"For the first time in Jack Aubrey's long, illustrious career, the sea, to which he had escaped with very little more than his dignity intact, brings small solace to him because of his increasing despondency over debts and troubles at home. Shoved into a temporary command in "that rotten old Worcester," Aubrey is off to the Mediterranean to join the Royal Navy's blockade of the French port of Toulon, where he will be dispatched by Admiral Harte (unfortunately...

Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and fearless captain in Nelson's navy, accepts a mission that will test his abilities to the limit: he is to set sail immediately for Cape Horn, to intercept a powerful frigate intent on wreaking havoc among British whalers. Aubrey's beloved ship, HMS Surprise, is up to the task, but many of her sailors are untried. Aubrey's confidant, ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence....

Captain Jack Aubrey, crossed off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit, is offered a chance to redeem himself when his friend Dr. Stephen Maturin, working on behalf of British intelligence, enlists his help in a mission against the French.

Sequel to: The Thirteen Gun Salute. Captain Aubrey, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane are shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies.

Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin set sail for Peru, where they encounter volcanic eruptions, Maturin's illegitimate son, and danger.

Jack Aubrey fears for his career as his hopes of achieving the rank of admiral dim in the face of peace, but he is offered a reprieve when Stephen Maturin brings news that the Chileans are seeking English officers to lead their navy and then he receives notice that Napoleon has escaped from Elba.

A Royal Navy warship is dispatched to the Pacific to help Chile fight for its independence from Spain. Twentieth volume in a series featuring Captain Jack Aubery and ship's doctor Stephen Maturin.

"In the year 1740, Commodore (later Admiral) George Anson embarked on a voyage that would become one of the most famous exploits in British naval history. Sailing through poorly charted waters, Anson and his men encountered disaster, disease, and astonishing success. They circumnavigated the globe and seized a nearly incalculable sum of Spanish gold and silver, but only one of the five ships survived. This is the background to the first novel Patrick...