Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland
Treason's Harbour
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland
Treason's Harbour (Vol. Book 9) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
"Every [Aubrey-Maturin] book is packed to absolute straining with erudition, wit, history, and thunderous action." —Joe Hill Stranded in Malta, Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin must be careful, for the salons and dockyards are infested with Napoleon’s spies, and there is a traitor in the British intelligence network. This installment of Patrick O’Brian’s “20-volume masterpiece” (Christopher Hitchens) takes Aubrey and Maturin sailing on the pirate-plagued waters of the Red Sea, trudging over the Sinai Peninsula and even the depths of the sea floor in their efforts to stay one step ahead of the treachery afoot.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
"Every [Aubrey-Maturin] book is packed to absolute straining with erudition, wit, history, and thunderous action." —Joe Hill Stranded in Malta, Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin must be careful, for the salons and dockyards are infested with Napoleon’s spies, and there is a traitor in the British intelligence network. This installment of Patrick O’Brian’s “20-volume masterpiece” (Christopher Hitchens) takes Aubrey and Maturin sailing on the pirate-plagued waters of the Red Sea, trudging over the Sinai Peninsula and even the depths of the sea floor in their efforts to stay one step ahead of the treachery afoot.
Blue at the Mizzen (Vol. Book 20) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." —Los Angeles Times Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America—where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain—the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." —Los Angeles Times Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America—where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain—the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.
The Wine-Dark Sea (Vol. Book 16) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063690
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063690
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.
The Fortune of War
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.
The Ionian Mission
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000725590X
Category : Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000725590X
Category : Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.
The Nutmeg of Consolation
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007275579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The fourteenth novel in the classic Aubrey-Maturin series finds Aubrey and Maturin shipwrecked, harassed by pirates and then in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007275579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The fourteenth novel in the classic Aubrey-Maturin series finds Aubrey and Maturin shipwrecked, harassed by pirates and then in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales.
Master and Commander
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007255837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007255837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 19)
Author: Patrick O’Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007429444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007429444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.