by Patrick O'Brian
As I stagger past the 3/4 mark of this enormous series of books I am struck by the observation that I am more interested in Maturin than Aubrey. Really though, it's being more interested in what's going on on land than on ship - which is the complete opposite of what I would have said in the first q...
Another pleasant sea romp with Jack and Stephen this time off the coast of South America, lots of action but not one of the best in the series. Audio read by Patrick Tull.
This man vs nature adventure, replete with exotic foreign lands and natural disasters, is every bit the ancient Greek drama its title implies.