- Literature and fiction, action and adventure, Literature and fiction, historical fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Great britain, fiction
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
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Classical in form, earnest, meticulous and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- April 1995
- Pages
- 293
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Harper Perennial, Compass Press
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780007429431
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- Literature and fiction, action and adventure
- Literature and fiction, historical fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Great britain, fiction
- Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction
- Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Sea stories
- Fiction, historical
- Ship captains
- Ship physicians
- Fiction
“Thick weather in the chops of the Channel and a dirty night, with the strong north-east wind bringing rain from the low sky and racing cloud: Ushant somewhere away on the star-board bow, the Scillies to larboard, but never a light, never a star to be seen; and no observation for the last four days.”
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