The Wine-dark Sea
- ISBN-10
- 0393035581
- ISBN-13
- 9780393035582
- Series
- The Wine-Dark Sea
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 261
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
Description
Two privateers pursue a prize through the Great South Sea, confronting the dangers of the ocean--and their own private demons--as they suddenly find themselves hunted in a breathtaking chase south of Cape Horn. Tour.
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