Beasts Royal

Beasts Royal Twelve Tales of Adventure

Unabridged edition

Audio CD (08 Oct 2015)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged.

Published when Patrick O'Brian was just nineteen, this is the enchanting, often bloodthirsty collection of twelve tales of animal adventure that would be published in 1934 as the author's second book. His first, Caesar, had been published in 1930 and was an instant success, seeing O'Brian hailed as the 'boy-Thoreau'. As with Caesar, Beasts Royal sheds fascinating light on the formation of the literary genius behind the Aubrey-Maturin series of historical adventure tales.

With the dry wit and unsentimental precision O'Brian would come to be loved for, we see the tragedies of …

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HarperCollinsPublishers

HarperCollinsPublishers

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Book information

ISBN: 9780008154660
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub date:
Edition: Unabridged edition
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 112g
Height: 144mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 16mm