|
Laddar... The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey/Maturin Vol. 18) (urspr publ 1996; utgåvan 1996)2,351 | 22 | 6,536 |
(4.09) | 43 | Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy. 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; and 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 when, in the storm waters off Brest, he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivoryâ??but at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and Aubrey fears being "yellowed," that is, nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without a squadron to command. 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.… (mer) |
▾Information om boken ▾LibraryThings rekommendationer ▾Kommer du att gilla den?
Laddar...
GÃ¥ med i LibraryThing för att fÃ¥ reda pÃ¥ om du skulle tycka om den här boken. ▾Diskussioner ("Om"-länkar) Det finns inga diskussioner pÃ¥ LibraryThing om den här boken. » Se även 43 omnämnanden ▾Relationer mellan serier och verk
|
Vedertagen titel |
|
Originaltitel |
|
Alternativa titlar |
|
Första utgivningsdatum |
|
Personer/gestalter |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. | |
|
Viktiga platser |
|
Viktiga händelser |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. | |
|
Relaterade filmer |
|
Motto |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. [None] | |
|
Dedikation |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. For Mary, with love | |
|
Inledande ord |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waist-coat, walked down St James's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being.
Chapter one. We have gathered here together, thanks to the splendid initiative of Max Hastings and the Evening Standard, to celebrate and to honour one of the greatest storytellers in the English language.
'Speech at the Painted Hall, Greenwich' by William Waldegrave. | |
|
Citat |
|
Avslutande ord |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. | |
|
Särskiljningsnotis |
|
Förlagets redaktörer |
|
PÃ¥ omslaget citeras |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. | |
|
Ursprungsspråk |
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. | |
|
Kanonisk DDC/MDS |
|
Kanonisk LCC |
|
▾Hänvisningar Hänvisningar till detta verk hos externa resurser. Wikipedia pÃ¥ engelskaIngen/inga ▾Bokbeskrivningar Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy. 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; and 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 when, in the storm waters off Brest, he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivoryâ??but at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and Aubrey fears being "yellowed," that is, nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without a squadron to command. 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. ▾Beskrivningar frÃ¥n bibliotek Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. ▾Beskrivningar frÃ¥n medlemmar pÃ¥ LibraryThing
|
PÃ¥gÃ¥ende diskussionerIngen/ingaGoogle Books — Laddar... Byt (2 har, 33 önskar sig)
|
Dessutom tillkommer andra problem: som vanligt har han lyckats skaffa sig ekonomiska sådana, denna gång faktiskt till sjöss: av de slavhandlare han i förra boken stoppade tycks några inte varit tillåtna byten, och skadeståndet har sugit upp alla hans lösa tillgångar. Maturin har liknande problem; han har återigen förklarats som engelsk spion av den fanatiske Dutourd, denna gång i själva Spanien, och hans tillgångar där har konfiskerats. Och så ovanpå detta: Sophia har hittat komprometterande brev och vill skiljas från Jack. Sannerligen en vacker sörja.
Som vanligt är det dock till sjöss som man trivs bäst i deras sällskap, även om de denna gång mest ligger som blockad utanför Brest, i den sorgligaste vinter som skådats på länge. Napoleon tycks i alla fall skakad, och kanske väntar som sagt freden. Frågan är som sagt vad som skall hända då? Bra, men inte bland det allra bästa som O'Brian skrivit. ( )