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Escaping their captors, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin arrive in Canada.

4 Extra Debut. Escaping their captors in the summer of 1812, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin arrive in Canada. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads the seventh historical novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series.

In the early summer of 1812, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin arrive in Canada on HMS Shannon after escaping their American captors.

Produced and abridged by Lisa Osborne.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

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The seventh book in the Aubrey-Maturin historical novel series by Patrick O'Brian.

The seventh book in the Aubrey-Maturin historical novel series by Patrick O'Brian, set during the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

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