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Description for HMS SURPRISE
paperback. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 258. Good copy showing light age and shelfwear
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights ... Read more
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007255856
SKU
KMO0002652
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Ref
99-1
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 HMS SURPRISE
`Full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein...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 ... Read more