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The Hundred Days
Patrick O’brian
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Description for The Hundred Days
Paperback. 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. This is the nineteenth book in the series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing army. Commodore Jack Aubrey and his convoy are tasked with destroying enemy shipyards along the Adriatic coast and cutting off the financial support from that quarter, in a fast and furious race to stop the Corsican from regaining all he’s lost.
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Publisher
Harper Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006512110
SKU
V9780006512110
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Patrick O’brian
Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary ... Read more
Reviews for The Hundred Days
‘If O’Brian’s novels have become a cult, this is because they are truly addictive. . . They are, quite magnificently, adventure yarns whose superb authenticity never distracts from the sheer thrill of the action.’ Caroline Moore, Sunday Telegraph ‘The Aubrey–Maturin novels, by Patrick O’Brian, are so addictive that ... Read more