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Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had an eventful real career serving in both the French and then the Royal Navies. It was captured from the French in 1796 and took part in the famous cutting-out action on the frigate HMS \u003ci\u003eHermione\u003c\/i\u003e, which the Spanish had taken after a savage mutiny. In 1802, after the Peace of Amiens, HMS \u003ci\u003eSurprise\u003c\/i\u003e was decommissioned and delivered into the fictional captaincy of Jack Aubrey.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis sumptuous new volume narrates the career of HMS \u003ci\u003eSurprise\u003c\/i\u003e in both her historical and her fictional roles and presents an all-embracing construction and fitting history. In addition to historical illustrations, maps, artifacts, and photographs, thirty-five paintings, some specially commissioned, have been contributed by Geoff Hunt, whose art graces the covers of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. Fifty line plans have been drawn by the marine draftsman Karl Heinz Marquardt. This limited edition, slipcased hardcover contains a signed print by Geoff Hunt.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e is the current president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the author of The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt. He was an advisor on Peter Weir’s film Master and Commander.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Lavery\u003c\/b\u003e, a curator emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, is the author of Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793–1815.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolai Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e is a highly recognized historian and biographer. He is a White Russian and heir to the senior line of the Tolstoy family. His great-grandfather was a cousin of the world-famous novelist. In compiling \u003ci\u003eVictims of Yalta\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolstoy spent five years of intensive research traveling all over Europe to interview survivors and inspect sites of repatriation operations. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of the King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Merlin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Minister and the Massacres\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Long Knives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStalin's Secret War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tolstoys\u003c\/i\u003e. 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