The nutmeg of consolation (Aubrey/Maturin novels 14.)
by O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.
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Summary
Captain Jack Aubrey and mischievous Dr. Stephen Maturin, shipwrecked on a desert island in the South China Sea, fashion a makeshift vessel from the wreckage, only to have it destroyed in a fiery attack by Malay pirates. Full description