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Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale... Read Full Overview

Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of... Read Full Overview

Commodore Anson returns in a new and quite different tale of exploration and afventure. The surviving crewmembers of the Wager--which was parted from Anson's squadron and struggled alone up the coast of Chile until she was driven against the rocks and sunk--make their way northward,... Read Full Overview