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      The Nutmeg of Consolation

      by Patrick O'Brian
      Published
      Aug 1991
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      384
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      Aubrey/Maturin Book 14

      About This Book

      Shipwrecked on a remote island, Captain Aubrey and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck, only to have their makeshift vessel burned in an attack by Malay pirates. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the ingenuity of Patrick O'Brian—or Stephen Maturin—could devise. The dreadful penal colony in New South Wales, harrowingly described, is the backdrop to a diplomatic crisis provoked by Maturin's Irish temper, and to a near-fatal encounter with the wildlife of the Australian outback.

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      Book 14
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      Genres & Themes

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Action Adventure Historical

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      Military Nautical

      Characters & Occupations

      Pirates

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