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  1. Desolation Island is the fifth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. It was first published in 1978. Jack Aubrey is in funds from his successful mission to take the islands of Mauritius and Reunion. His house has additions, but he is ready for another voyage.

  2. 1. Jan. 2001 · Desolation Island. Patrick O'Brian. 4.41. 14,941 ratings665 reviews. " [O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." —David Mamet, New York Times.

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  3. Desolation Island is the fifth book in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It was originally published in 1978. The title refers to a fictional island in the southern Indian Ocean where Jack Aubrey's crew are briefly marooned, and where the climax of the novel takes place. Breadfruit Bligh, former...

  4. W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 - Fiction - 325 pages. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to...

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    • Patrick O'Brian
    • W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
  5. About Desolation Island. Sent to rescue Governor Bligh, former captain of HMS Bounty, Jack Aubrey sets off for Australia in the Leopold with his friend Stephen Maturin and a hold full of convicts in this fifth of the Aubrey/Maturin series.

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  6. Desolation Island. Patrick O'Brian. W. W. Norton, 2021 - Fiction - 320 pages. 16 Reviews. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified . Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aub ...

  7. Patrick O’Brian’s many novels include Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, in addition to 20 volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series.O’Brian wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks and translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biography of Charles de Gaulle.