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Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey’s career in Nelson’s navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent, and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority.Rarely has a novel managed to convey more vividly the fragility of a sailing ship in a wild sea. Rarely has a historical novelist combined action and lyricism of style in the way that O’ Brian does. His superb sense of place, brilliant characterisation, and a vigour and joy of writing lift O’Brian above any but the most exalted of comparisons.

‘I FIGHT DIRTY, I KILL FOR A LIVING AND I’M NOT CAPABLE OF BEING FAITHFUL.’The words might come straight from Major Adam Flint’s mouth, but they certainly don’t describe the man who saved vulnerable Rose’s life. Yes, Flint is illegitimate, a roughened soldier and an incorrigible rake – but Rose has never met a man so defined by honour.Who else, when faced with a lady rendered memory-less by the traumas of war, would resist the intense attraction that burns between them? Rose might not know her own name, but she knows her heart – and her heart wants Flint!Brides of Waterloo: Love Forged On The Battlefield…