The Fortune of War - UNABRIDGED Author:Patrick O'Brian 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 Royal Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel, but the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and un... more »expected scenes where Stephens past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.« less