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Product Review Summary: Port-bound; least interesting in the series so far The least interesting of the Master and Commander series so far. This installment spends too much time in port, literally, as Captain Jack and Stephen Maturin are on blockade duty in the Mediterranean and then the Arabic coast, and get themselves interminably inserted into local Arabic politics.
Ninth in the series: Treason's Harbour (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Product Review Summary: The Ionian Mission (Aubrey Maturin Series) Husband loves this guy and is too busy reading to write a review. I think he is now on the 7th or 8th of the series
Product Review Summary: worst one yet I've read all his books up to this one. All are good, but this is the worst.
Product Review Summary: a standard pleasure Needing a reliable book for a long flight, I turned to a random O'Brian work. They never disappoint, and The Ionian Mission was true to form. I am about halfway through the series, and am avoiding the sequential order. It's very doable. All of the usual wit and nautical flourishes are here, and most readers will learn a good deal more about the foreign world of early nineteenth century nautical diplomacy and warfare. I was searching for a distinguishing theme in this book, as I seem to recall finding in others; this one was a little more elusive. Nevertheless, I particularly enjoyed to diplomatic intrigue in the Ottoman empire along with the discovery of Bach and the preparation for the Handel oratorio. Better still was the representation of how the foibles of career advancement played out in the British navy.
Product Review Summary: Intrigue and action As usual a wonderful insight into life in more trying times at its most colourful. Great characters, storyline and action, although a rather abrupt confusion.
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