Originally published: London : Collins, 1989.
This reprint includes autobiographical essay: Black, choleric & married, previously published in: Patrick O'Brian /edited by A. E. Cunningham. Boston Spa : British Library, 1994.
The thirteen-gun salute by Patrick O'Brian. ISBN 0006499287. Published by HarperCollins in 1997. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.