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#1 Posted : 09 September 2011 20:15:14

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Hi got this today apparently normal price £30 now £16.86 (hardback)

The Frigate Surprise (the complete story of the ship made famous in the novels of Patrick O'Brian)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/...urprise&sprefix=hms

If anyone interested as no insight to whats between the covers

Physically large book 29cm*31cm 144 pages with paintings/plans (not to scale)/some pictures of Vic and other ships

Chapters

1 L'Unite Joins RN
2 Voyage to Trieste
3 Captain Hamilton
4 A Visit on Board
5 The Drawings
6 The West Indies
7 Taking the Hermione
8 The Last Years
9 Jack Aubrey's Surprise
10 Constructing a Picture of Surprise

chronology/crew list (including country of birth and whether they volunteered or pressganged)/masts yards & stores/maintenance history/armaments


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