{"product_id":"9780006499220","title":"The Ionian Mission : Book 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): O'Brian, Patrick \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/03\/1997,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780006499220,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether close to home or far away, there are no safe harbours while Napoleon seeks to dominate the known world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jack Aubrey, veteran of numerous battles, has been promoted to senior captain commanding a ship that has been sent out to reinforce the squadron blockading Toulon. Compared to the early days of the Napoleonic conflict, the action is slow, cold and dull. But a sudden turn of events takes Aubrey, and ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, off on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, where the skill, daring and, indeed, luck of both men will be tested to the utmost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With so much at risk, will a Turkish alliance carry the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘I envy those who have never read Patrick O’Brian: an enormous pleasure awaits you.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Wonderfully spacious, generous, funny, intelligent books.’JOHN LANCHESTER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697904255020,"sku":"9780006499220","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780006499220.jpg?v=1722606596","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780006499220","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}