Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the
news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the
Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The
next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's
death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else
besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk are presented
here both in printed version-including his corrections to the
typescript-and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several
pages beyond the end of the typescript to include a duel between
Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer who is courting his
fiancee. Of course we would rather have had the whole story;
instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation,
his humor, and his understanding of his characters were
undiminished to the end. Includes a Facsimile of the Manuscript.
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