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The Road to Samarcand: Includes Noughts and Crosses, Two's Company and No Pirates Nowadays
Patrick O’brian
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Description for The Road to Samarcand: Includes Noughts and Crosses, Two's Company and No Pirates Nowadays
Paperback. A classic Patrick O'Brian novel, back in print after many years with three bonus tales of nautical adventure. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
A classic Patrick O’Brian novel, back in print after many years with three bonus tales of nautical adventure.
Newly orphaned Derrick is entrusted to the care of his gruff uncle Sullivan, Captain of The Wanderer. After surviving a killer typhoon on the South China Sea, and accompanied by their eccentric elderly cousin, they set off across land to discover the treasures of Central Asia.
Derrick befriends a fierce Mongol warrior and must help him battle a ruthless Chinese warlord. Given ... Read more
This special edition includes three bonus tales – Noughts and Crosses, Two’s Company & No Pirates Nowadays – that are prequels to the adventure of The Road to Samarcand, and are published together for the very first time.
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Publisher
Harper
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008112936
SKU
V9780008112936
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-23
About Patrick O’brian
Patrick O’Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a ... Read more
Reviews for The Road to Samarcand: Includes Noughts and Crosses, Two's Company and No Pirates Nowadays
'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' Irish Times 'Any contemporary novelist should recognize in Patrick O’Brian a Master of the Art’ Sunday ... Read more