"Der Triumph des Kommodore" von Patrick O'Brian ist der 17. Band der Jack-Aubrey-Romanreihe, die im frühen 19. Jahrhundert während der Napoleonischen Kriege spielt. In diesem Roman wird Kapitän Jack Aubrey zum Kommodore befördert und...

This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars....

All Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen...