The nutmeg of consolation
Guerre (romans), Histoire (romans)
Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
When typhoon wrecks the "Diane," and its captain, Jack Aubrey; its surgeon, Stephen Maturin; and its crew plot their survival on an island in the Dutch East Indies. At first they are hoodwinked by a band of pirates. Eventually they… take command of "The Nutmeg of Consolation," a small ship with which they outwit a much larger French enemy vessel and proceed to Australia. There they become involved in assorted battles that have little to do with the sea