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  • Blue at the Mizzen

  • Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 20
  • By: Patrick O'Brian
  • Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
  • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (492 ratings)

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Blue at the Mizzen

By: Patrick O'Brian
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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Summary

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America - where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain - the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences.

The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.

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Brilliant

Awesome series what’s not to love? Great narrator who gets the story, I need more!

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Loved it.

There's something special about all the books in this series.
Thankyou Rick.
And most of all thankyou you Patrick.
May your God smile upon you.

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Well it's all over.

Finishing a great book series always makes me sad, this was one of the best. Fantastic, we need more movies!

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Another cracking tale

Sadly the last in the series of great sea adventures from O'Brian with excellent narration from Ric Jerrom.

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A great series

This is the second time of listening to the OBrian books, so well read by Ric Jerron.
Will be listening again for third time in the not too distant future.




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A fitting end ... Ish

I very much enjoyed this book but the pleasure is tinged with a little sadness knowing that it is the last full Aubrey Maturin novel. well read as always and very much makes you think that even after all this time, perhaps especially, a movie sequel with the same cast could be excellent.

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Tour de Force

So sad to have reached the end of this wonderful series, quite simply a tour de force - especially this audible version where the brilliance of Ric Jerrom’s narration matches that of Patrick O’Brian’s writing.

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Sorry the series is almost over. Quite unique nautical entertainment, with me on many a driving journey

Splendid Royal Naval adventure, with at its centre , the relationship between Jack and Steven maturin

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Reliable good listening

It's not the most exciting of the series but still very enjoyable. And Jack gets what he's been longing for.

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What entertainment

Great story telling wonderful books so so sad I’m at the end of such a fine story and grieved about the story’s that will never be told

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