{"product_id":"9780006499220","title":"The Ionian Mission : Book 8 by O'Brian, Patrick","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: O'Brian, Patrick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 March 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Aubrey-Maturin' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 133 x 26 | 286g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether close to home or far away, there are no safe harbours while Napoleon seeks to dominate the known world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jack Aubrey, veteran of numerous battles, has been promoted to senior captain commanding a ship that has been sent out to reinforce the squadron blockading Toulon. Compared to the early days of the Napoleonic conflict, the action is slow, cold and dull. But a sudden turn of events takes Aubrey, and ship's surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, off on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, where the skill, daring and, indeed, luck of both men will be tested to the utmost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With so much at risk, will a Turkish alliance carry the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜I envy those who have never read Patrick O'Brian: an enormous pleasure awaits you.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜Wonderfully spacious, generous, funny, intelligent books.'JOHN LANCHESTER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58705753506173,"sku":"9780006499220","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9780006499220.jpg?v=1789828357","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/fr\/products\/9780006499220","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}