Post Captain

May 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content). Series: Aubrey - Maturin #2 Genre: Historical ebook, 401 pages Paperback, 496 pages Published: 1972 Edition: HarperCollins paperback (2003), EPub (2011) Post Captain, the second novel in his remarkable Aubrey/Maturin series, led Mary Renault to write: 'Master and Commander raised dangerously high expectations; Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them.' This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining and enjoying more amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life. He flees to the continent to seek refuge: instead he finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France. Aubrey′s adventures in escaping from France and the debtors′ prison will grip the reader as fast as his unequalled actions at sea. Jack Aubrey arrives home to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He begins to live the life of a gentleman, but is soon reduced to a pauper. He flees to France to seek refuge, but finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen When financial difficulties force him to flee England, Jack Aubrey seeks refuge in Napoleonic France. Instead he finds himself hunted like a fugitive, and, with the help of old friend Stephen Maturin, must find a way to escape and clear his debts At first dawn the swathes of rain drifting eastwards across the Channel parted long enough to show that the chase had altered course. Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies?