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Written by Patrick O'Brian - Performed by David Case (British actor) - Unabridged Fiction - 7 CASSETTES

Publisher, Books on Tape (October 2000)

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The 20th and final installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series.

"The Aubrey/Maturin novels are by a long shot the best things of their kind, so much better than the competition that comparisons long ago ceased to be relevant; they are uniquely excellent." --New York Times Book Review

In this nineteenth installment of the Aubrey Maturin series, Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a secret mission.

For the benefit of those who are unacquainted with O'Brian, it was nearly 30 years ago that he began writing his beautifully staged historical seafaring novels about the adventures of Jack Aubrey, Captain, R.N., and his physician-scientist friend Stephen Maturin. In this, the nineteenth installment, Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious novel yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. In this climactic - but not final! - adventure in the celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series, O'Brian succeeds in grafting his familiar, ever compelling principal characters to an historical event of tumultuous significance: the final defeat of Napoleon.