The Frigate Surprise : The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian by Geoff Hunt, Brian Lavery

The Frigate Surprise : The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

Geoff Hunt, Brian Lavery

144 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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There is no more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O'Brian's much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of sea stories. Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had a most eventful true historical career serving in ...

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