The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian by Nikolai Tolstoy, Brian Lavery

The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

Nikolai Tolstoy, Brian Lavery

144 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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There is no more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O'Brian's much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of novels. Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had an eventful real career serving in both the French and ...

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