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1. When and where does The Yellow Admiral take place?

The Yellow Admiral is set in nineteenth century England and is about an impoverished member of the Parliament and his floundering in the navy. The novel takes place on both land and sea since England is in the middle of a war with Napoleon's France.

2. Who is the first character revealed in Chapter 1? Who comes to visit him and what do they discuss?

Sir Joseph Blaine enters his office at the Admiralty. Mr. Needham appears. He tells Blaine that Dr. Stephen Maturin is missing. Maturin and his wife had taken part in an expedition with the Duke of Habachtsthal. When Habachtsthal kills himself, Mrs. Maturin tries to transfer his money to England. The money is embargoes in Corunna, Spain where the authorities wait for someone to try to collect it.

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