The Reverse of the Medal

Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., ashore after a successful cruise, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the City. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage--the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization and sparkling dialogue which O'Brian's readers have come to expect.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/1994
ISBN: 9780393037111
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.96w x 1.07d