Synopsis
The year is 1803, and that scalawag Napoleon Bonaparte has
gone to war again. For Captain Jack Aubrey, who has fled to
France to escape his creditors, this is doubly alarming news.
In short order the captain is interned, makes his escape
across the French countryside, and leads a ship into battle.
And again, his adventures are cleverly counterpointed by
those of his alter ego Stephen Maturin.