false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180996674m/1102150.jpg 24525 18 Read by Tim Pigott-Smith<br>3 cassettes/ approx. 5 hours<br><br>The 15th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series.<br><br>This splendid installment in Patrick O'Brian's widely acclaimed series of Aubrey/Maturin novels is in equal parts mystery, adventure, and psychological drama. A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Friendly Isles (Tonga) at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey, R.N., is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cabletier is an escaped female convict. To the officers, Clarissa Harvill is an object of awkward courtliness and dangerous jealousies. Aubrey himself is won over and indeed strongly attracted to this woman who will not speak of her past. But only Aubrey's friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Clarissa's secrets: her crime, her personality, and a clue identifying a hightly placed English spy in the pay of Napoleon's intelligence service.<br><br>In a thrilling finale, Patrick O'Brian delivers all the excitement his many readers expect: Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise impose a brutal pax Britannica on the islanders in a pitched battle against a band of headhunting cannibals. 2773925 1992 The Truelove (Aubrey/Maturin Book 15) total:659|5:329|4:223|3:96|2:10|1:1| 659 2846 844 20 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:24:44 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:33:32 -0800 2008 1
After leaving New South Wales, Aubrey discovers a girl, Clarissa, that has been stowed away to escape th...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:48:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 10:40:14 -0700 2009 I’ve been rereading Patrick O’Brien’s novels in the last few months and a few novels ago (I think it happens around number 12 or 13 in the Aubrey Maturin series) I reached the point at which “novel” stopped actually being a reasonable description of the books. I really enjoy these b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 18:48:16 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 18:54:05 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 12:16:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:47:31 -0700 2009
That Patrick O'Brian chose to place his characters on the sea in the not so distant past just raised the hurdle I had to leap to get to know this wonderful author.

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I'll talk about the first fifty pages of "Clarissa Oakes".

It starts naturally with the inevitable recap of the events of the last book(s). Yes, yes, Australia is horrible, we have girls on board, Jack ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 11:56:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 11:59:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 25 12:48:32 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 13 11:27:18 -0800 2008 Surprise cope with the presence on board of a desirable and not completely inaccessible young woman, surreptitiously rescued from the penal colony at New South Wales ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jun 04 16:28:17 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 16:28:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:17:12 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 13:22:59 -0700 2008
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