Other editions of book The Wine-dark Sea

Three Cassettes, 5 hrs. 15 min. abridgedPerformance by Tim Pigott-SmithJack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are back in the 16th installment in Patrick O'Brian's bestselling series.At the outset of this adventure, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open-boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son: Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes: and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reuinte them at last in a breathtaking chase through storm seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn.

2008 Harper Collins trade paperback. Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander). At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. - Amazon

"Such is O'Brian's power to possess the imagination that I found I was living in his world as much as my own." Alan Judd, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. At the opening of their voyage, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen is charged with setting the revolutionary tinder of South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on a British government which, already engaged in a death-struggle with a Europe dominated by Napoleon, has blundered into a war with the young United States. After a series of hair-raising actions, they reach the objective of Stephen's clandestine operations, but the land shows itself as uncertain an element as the ocean...

"Such is O'Brian's power to possess the imagination that I found I was living in his world as much as my own." Alan Judd, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. At the opening of their voyage, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen is charged with setting the revolutionary tinder of South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on a British government which, already engaged in a death-struggle with a Europe dominated by Napoleon, has blundered into a war with the young United States. After a series of hair-raising actions, they reach the objective of Stephen's clandestine operations, but the land shows itself as uncertain an element as the ocean...