Blue at the Mizzen

Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 20

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Ric Jerrom

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America - where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain - the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences.

The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.

©1999 Patrick O'Brian (P)2014 Audible Studios

Outstanding narration of a great story

At the end of the series superbly narrated by Ric Jerrom who brought all of OBrien’s characters to vivid life for me. Will be hard to replace
This series in my daily listening routine

Admiral at last!!

Beautiful book. sad that was the last one in the series
Would love to hear what happend next

Great story, terrible narration. Flat performance.

The narrator's diction is fine. however his cadence, timbre, and lack of intonation made it hard to differentiate between the characters.