false 25338653 1202686 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714s/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4.35 1337 "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet... .]]> 5600 4.25 22329 1544 1973 4 0 false Tue Jun 24 13:43:54 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 11:33:24 -0800 2009