Copyright
Copyright © 1953 by Patrick O’Brian
Printed in the United States of America
First published as a Norton paperback 2007.
Published in the UK under the title The Frozen Flame, 1953.
Library of Congress has cataloged an earlier
edition as follows: 53-7844
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ISBN 978-0-393-32972-8 pbk.
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THE WORKS OF PATRICK O’BRIAN
BIOGRAPHY
Picasso
Joseph Banks
AUBREY/MATURIN NOVELS IN ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Master and Commander
Post Captain
H.M.S. Surprise
The Mauritius Command
The Fortune of War
The Surgeon’s Mate
The Ionian Mission
Treason’s Harbour
The Far Side of the World
The Reverse of the Medal
The Letter of Marque
The Thirteen-Gun Salute
The Nutmeg of Consolation
The Truelove
The Wine-Dark Sea
The Commodore
The Yellow Admiral
The Hundred Days
Blue at the Mizzen
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NOVELS
Testimonies
The Golden Ocean
The Unknown Shore
COLLECTIONS
The Rendezvous and Other Stories