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Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; and he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour when, in the storm waters off Brest, he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivoryâ??but at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and Aubrey fears being "yellowed," that is, nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without a squadron to command.
Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.… (mais)
Not the best ever but still filled with the irresistible Aubrey, Maturin, Killick, Sophie and Diana and a very curmudgeonly Admiral who makes Aubrey’s life miserable. Only two left! ( )
"Almirante en tierra" muestra algunas de las facetas menos conicidas de la vida de los oficiales de Marina en perÃodos de paz, y recrea con la fidelidad e intensidad a la que O'Brian nos tiene acostumbrados los anhelos, las ilusiones y las esperanzas de esos hombres endurecidos en el mar. El hallazgo de una carta creará algunas complicaciones en la vida familiar de los Aubrey, pero el verdadero reto al que se enfrenta el protagonista de la serie es la enmarañada red de influencias y corruptelas polÃticas que impregnan el Almirantazgo, y en el que Jack deberá aprender a moverse.
Another pretty good one in the series. Jack has wife problems and develops a bad reputation in the Navy with officials. Coastal duty off France and one good prize. ( )
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
For Mary, with love
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waist-coat, walked down St James's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being.
Chapter one.
We have gathered here together, thanks to the splendid initiative of Max Hastings and the Evening Standard, to celebrate and to honour one of the greatest storytellers in the English language.
'Speech at the Painted Hall, Greenwich' by William Waldegrave.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
At the bottom of a familiar hand had written Dearest Jack - I am so happy for you - love - Queenie.
Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; and he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour when, in the storm waters off Brest, he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivoryâ??but at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and Aubrey fears being "yellowed," that is, nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without a squadron to command.
Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
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