A review by juliasilge
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian

4.0

This is the 5th book in the Aubrey/Maturin series of British naval novels set during the Napoleonic ear and it is WONDERFUL. The 4th installment ([book:The Mauritius Command]) didn't entrance me quite as much but this one was stay-up-too-late marvelous. Typhus and spies and icebergs and other various Antarctic adventures... I am again struck by how unlikely it is that these books would charm me so thoroughly; something so military and adventure-y is not my usual gig. I think it must be the richly drawn, appealing characters and the erudite tone and level of detail.