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The Nutmeg of Consolation (English)
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A hundred and fifty-seven castaways on a desert island in the South China Sea, the survivors of the wreck of HMS Diane, which had struck upon an uncharted rock and had there been shattered by a great typhoon some days later: a hundred and fifty-seven, but as they sat there round the edge of a flat bare piece of ground between high-water mark and the beginning of the forest they sounded like the full complement of a ship of the line, for this was Sunday afternoon, and the starboard watch, headed by Captain Aubrey, was engaged in a cricket-match against the Marines, under their commanding officer, Mr Welby. (English)
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The nutmeg of consolation by Patrick O'Brian | Open Library (English)
15 September 2023
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- enwiki The Nutmeg of Consolation
- itwiki Caccia notturna (romanzo)