- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character), Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character), Naval History, Fiction
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery.
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Classical in form, earnest, meticulous and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- November 1994
- Pages
- 360
- Publisher
- Stein and Day, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Blackstone Audiobooks
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789509009288
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“Captain Aubrey of the Royal Navy lived in a part of Hampshire well supplied with sea-officers, some of whom had reached flag-rank in Rodney's day while others were still waiting for their first command.”
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