Desolation Island

Description:

Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.

subjects: Ship captains,  Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character),  Naval History,  Ship physicians,  Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Great britain, fiction,  Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction,  Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Sea stories,  Physicians, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Fiction in English,  Large type books,  History,  Physicians,  Intelligence officers,  Male friendship,  Sailing ships,  Naval battles,  Great Britain. Royal Navy,  Great Britain,  English literature

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century