The Fortune of War Author:Patrick O'Brian Read by Tim Pigott-Smith — Three Cassettes, Approx. 5 hours — The 6th novel in Patrick O'Brian's hugely successful Aubrey/Maturin Series — Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N.,arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England ... more »in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on hime with a vengance.« less