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The Fortune of War
First edition
AuthorPatrick O'Brian
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAubrey-Maturin series
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherCollins (UK)
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages280
ISBN0-00-222498-4
OCLC5658117
Dewey Decimal
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ3.O1285 Fo PR6029.B55
Preceded byDesolation Island 
Followed byThe Surgeon's Mate 

The Fortune of War is the sixth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1979. It is set during the War of 1812.

HMS Leopard made its way to Botany Bay, left its prisoners, and sailed to Pulo Batang where the ship was declared unfit. Captain Aubrey and some of his followers are put aboard La Flèche packet to sail home for a new commission. A shipboard fire ends the months of sweet sailing and brings them into the new war.

The Fortune of War contains lightly fictionalized accounts of two sea battles in the War of 1812.

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