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The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian by Brian Lavery, Geoff Hunt (Hardback, 2009)

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There is more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O Brian s much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of vels. Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had an eventful real career serving in both the French and then the Royal Navies. It was captured from the French in 1796 and took part in the famous cutting-out action on the frigate HMS Hermione, which the Spanish had taken after a savage mutiny. In 1802, after the Peace of Amiens, HMS Surprise was decommissioned and delivered into the fictional captaincy of Jack Aubrey. This sumptuous new volume narrates the career of HMS Surprise in both her historical and her fictional roles and presents an all-embracing construction and fitting history. In addition to historical illustrations, maps, artifacts, and photographs, thirty-five paintings, some specially commissioned, have been contributed by Geoff Hunt, whose art graces the covers of Patrick O Brian s Aubrey-Maturin vels. Fifty line plans have been drawn by the marine draftsman Karl Heinz Marquardt.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-10
0393070093
ISBN-13
9780393070095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183209930

Product Key Features

Author
Brian Lavery, Geoff Hunt
Format
Hardback, Sewn,Cloth over Boards,With Dust Jacket
Language
English
Topic
Military History

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations, Colour Illustrations, Maps, Frontispiece
Foreword by
Count Nikolai Tolstoy
Date of Publication
01/05/2009
Country of Publication
United States

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