Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
W. W. Norton & Company, November 1994. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of "Bounty" fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the "Leopard" to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is.....