{"product_id":"the-yellow-admiral-9780393040449","title":"The Yellow Admiral","description":"Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Admiral\u003c\/em\u003e, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey\/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a Member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour: in the storm waters off Brest he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivory, but this at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds into Jack's private fears for his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393040449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.90w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1996 pg. 1261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1996 pg. 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/16\/1996 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/1996 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1996 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1996 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patrick O'Brian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715382407349,"sku":"9780393040449","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-yellow-admiral-9780393040449","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}