The Reverse of the Medal

Author: Patrick O’Brian

Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off the South American coast and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the half-worlds of the London criminal underground and of government espionage — the province of his friend Stephen Maturin.Devoted readers….Read More

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