Desolation Island Author:Patrick O'Brian Read by Tim Pigott-Smith — Three cassettes, Approx. 5 hours — The 5th novel in Patrick O'Brian's hugely successful Aubrey/Maturin Series — Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a be... more »autiful and dangerous spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, out-gunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic where, in mountainous seas, the Duthman closes...« less