Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing army.
Commodore Jack Aubrey and his convoy are tasked with destroying enemy shipyards along the Adriatic coast and cutting off the financial support from that quarter, in a fast and furious race to stop the Corsican from regaining all he’s lost.
All is to play for and everything is at stake.
Author : Patrick O’Brian
Paperback : 312 pages
SKU : P4002
Aubrey/Maturin series – Book 19
‘Patrick O’Brian is far and away the best of the Napoleonic story tellers, and The Hundred Days is one of the best in the series; a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping.’
BERNARD CORNWELL
‘Patrick O’Brian is a joy to read.’
Irish Independent