Captain Aubrey has been dispatched to restore order after a British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Friendly Isles (Tonga)

After rescuing a friend from French torture chambers, Captain Aubrey attempts to save the British merchant fleet in the Indian Ocean

Jack Aubrey finds his naval career threatened by Admiralty politics and the peace of 1814, until Napoleon escapes from Elba

While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen Maturin works to save the mission from sabotage by Napoleon's agents

"The classic first novel of the epic Aubrey/Maturin series, widely considered "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times). Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile-after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel-Aubrey and a brilliant but down-on-his-luck physician, Stephen Maturin, strike up an...

After the Napoleonic Wars, frigate captain Jack Aubrey faces desertion and near sinking, then travels around the Horn to engage the Spanish fleet in an attempt to help Chile break free of Spain

For years, critics have celebrated best-selling author Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures for their magnificent blend of swashbuckling excitement and historical accuracy. With The Hundred Days, he transports you to the high seas of the Napoleonic era when the French demagogue is making a desperate attempt to control the European world. While Napoleon pursues the British across Europe, rumors fly about him forging a secret link with the forces...