The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows is as thrilling and unexpected as anything O'Brian has written. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A retired boatswain has repeatedly asked his landlady to marry him -- but his advances are consistently rebuffed by the confirmed bachelorette. In a misguided attempt to change her mind, he cooks up a plan to convince her that she needs to have a man around to ensure her safety.

Includes music.

Describes the whaling industry and its significance in America during the nineteenth century, and discusses crew members, working conditions, life for family members left ashore and those on board, and the end of whaling.