The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian; The Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 10; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Simon Vance

The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific: typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity.

“Like Aubrey and Maturin playing Mozart duets beneath a Pacific Moon, [O’Brian] works elegant variations on the tradition of the seafaring adventure story.”—New York Times Book Review

“Taken together, the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all aspects of eighteenth-century life, with impeccable period detail. In addition, O’Brian has a gift for the comic.”—Times Literary Supplement

“O’Brian is not that hard a taste to acquire…but he is very tough to shake.”—Boston Globe

“O’Brian is better than anybody at historical fiction.”—Denver Post

The late Patrick O'Brian was the author of more than twenty Aubrey-Maturin historical adventures. There are over five million copies of his books in print.

Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over four hundred audiobooks and has earned over twenty Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, including one for his narration of Theft by Peter Carey. A twelve-time Audie finalist, Simon has won three Audie Awards, including one for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and the 2008 Booklist Voice of Choice Award. He has also been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.