The Hundred Days
- ISBN-10
- 0786217499
- ISBN-13
- 9780786217496
- Category
- Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
Description
In O'Brian's most ambitious book to date, 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. An intriguing exercise in "what if . . ". history, encompassed in a magnificently rounded and complex work of fiction. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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