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H.M.S. Surprise Study Guide

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by Patrick O'Brian
About 64 pages (19,284 words)
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"'Is it the state of the world, my dear' said Stephen, with a grin—no professional look left at all. 'Well now, for the moment it is plain enough. On our side we have Austria, Russia, Sweden and Naples, which is the same as your Two Sicilies; and on his he has a whole cloud of little states, and Bavaria and Holland and Spain. Not that these alliances are of much consequence one side or he other: The Russians were with us, and then against us until they strangled their Czar, and now with us; and I dare say they will change again, when the whim bites. The Austrians left the war in '97 and then again in the year one, after Hohenlinden: the same thing may happen again any day. What matters to us is Holland.....

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