The Yellow AdmiralW. W. Norton & Company, 1996 - 261 Seiten Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's long-awaited sequel to his bestseller The Commodore. 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; 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: In the storm waters off Brest he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivory, but this at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds into Jack's private fear about his career: the prospect of being "yellowed", or nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without any 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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Abschnitt 2 | 24 |
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Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Yellow Admiral (Vol. Book 18) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Patrick O'Brian Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1997 |
The Yellow Admiral (Vol. Book 18) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Patrick O'Brian Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2011 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aboard Admiral asked Stephen Barrett Bonden believe Bellona Blaine Bonden breakfast Brest Brigid cabin called Captain Aubrey carried certainly Clarissa Clarissa Oakes coach coffee common course coxswain cried dear deck Diana dinner Dr Maturin Dundas Eurotas Fanshawe fellow flag French friends frigate Geoghegan George glass Griffiths hand Harding head heard hope horses inclosure inshore Jack Aubrey Jack's Killick knew larboard laudanum letter look Lord Stranraer mate midshipman midshipmen mind morning naval never nodded officers once Oscott Padeen perfectly perhaps post-captain Pray quarterdeck Ramillies Raz de Sein reef Ringle round sail seaman ship ship's side Simmon's Lea Sir Joseph smiling soon Sophie starboard staysail Stephen Maturin Stranraer sure surgeon tell things tide told topsails Torbay Ushant village voice walked watch wind Woolcombe Woolhampton words young