The Hundred Days By Patrick O’Brian – Audiobook On-line
The Hundred Days by Patrick O’Brian is the nineteenth and penultimate novel within the Aubrey-Maturin sequence, which follows the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his good friend, doctor, and spy Stephen Maturin in the course of the Napoleonic Wars.
The novel begins with Aubrey being pardoned for his alleged involvement in inventory market fraud and reinstated as a naval captain. He’s given command of HMS Worcester and tasked with intercepting a French frigate, Diane, that’s carrying a big sum of cash to assist Napoleon’s return from exile on Elba.
Aubrey efficiently captures Diane and her treasure, however not earlier than Maturin is wounded within the battle. Whereas recovering from his accidents, Maturin learns that Napoleon has certainly returned to France and is gathering a military to reclaim his throne.
Aubrey is ordered to take Worcester to the Mediterranean to affix Admiral Lord Exmouth’s fleet, which is blockading Toulon. There, he meets up with Maturin once more, who has been despatched on a secret mission to assemble intelligence on Napoleon’s plans.
The novel culminates within the Battle of Waterloo, the place Aubrey and Maturin play a small however important position within the defeat of Napoleon’s forces. The ebook ends with Aubrey being promoted to rear admiral and Maturin returning to his work as a doctor and naturalist.
The Hundred Days is an exciting and well-researched historic novel that gives a vivid portrayal of life at sea in the course of the Napoleonic Wars. O’Brian’s consideration to element and mastery of nautical terminology make the ebook a must-read for followers of naval fiction.
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The Hundred Days
- Aubrey/Maturin Collection, E book 19
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
For years, critics have celebrated the ocean adventures of best-selling writer Patrick O’Brian for his gorgeous mix of raucous pleasure and historic accuracy. With The Hundred Days, he transports you to the seas of the Napoleonic period when the French demagogue was making a determined try to manage the European world. Whereas Napoleon pursued British troops throughout Europe, rumors circulated that he had cast secret hyperlinks with Muslim forces. Quickly, an ominous horde of Muslim mercenaries would regroup. In a determined try and avert catastrophe, the ship’s physician Stephen Maturin navigates Japanese politics to uncover the reality. And the sumptuous Main Common Jack Aubrey launches a daring mission to destroy the rising Franco-Muslim risk.
Patrick O’Brian encapsulates this brilliantly executed story with elegant language, wealthy humor, and an genuine classic ambiance. Along with his deep and rumbling voice, narrator Patrick Tull brings the stormy seas and courageous ships of the navy to life in color.
Patrick Tull does a terrific job narrating this story. The Hundred Days is concerning the escape by Napoleon from the Island of Elba and the hundred days until Waterloo. The story takes place within the Mediterranean Sea with Aubrey/Maturin attempting to destroy French Navy that declare for Napoleon and cease the gold cargo from Napoleon to pay for an mercenary military. A number of intrigue for Steven Maturin and navel battles for Aubrey.
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