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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon, Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy -- and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew. The ingredients of a wonderfully powerful and dramatic O'Brian novel are heightened by descriptive writing of rare quality. Nowhere in contemporary prose have the majesty and terror of the sea been more effectively rendered than in the thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm in which Jack's ship, under-manned and out-gunned, is the quarry not the hunter.
| ISBN | 0006499244 | | Pages | 348 | | ISBN13 | 9780006499244
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 266 | | Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | | Published in | London | | Imprint | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780006166030 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 06 May 1997 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.' James Hamilton- Paterson 'You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O'Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.' Kevin Myers, Irish Times 'In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater.' Mary Renault  Be the first to write a customer review
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