The New York Times Book Review called the bestselling Patrick O'Brian series of nautical adventures "The best historical novels ever written."
This seventeenth novel in the Aubrey Maturin series has been hailed as the best of the best. In Commodore join Captain Jack Aubrey and secret agent Stephen Maturin in their daring service to Her Majesty's Navyand take a dramatic tour of their home-front adventures as well.