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16%OFFPatrick O’brian - The Thirteen-gun Salute - 9780006499282 - V9780006499282
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The Thirteen-gun Salute

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Description for The Thirteen-gun Salute 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 thirteenth book in the series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Entrusted with a secret mission, the perils of the South China Sea await.

In the fight against the French, a treaty with the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, a piratical Malay state, may prove decisive. Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, along with a hand-picked crew, must survive the dangers of the high forties and convey a diplomatic envoy to ensure this key alliance, but dangers, both natural and man-made, will dog their every move.

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‘If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.'
Time

‘Written with the most engaging enthusiasm that can’t fail to give pleasure to anybody who enjoys historical adventure flavoured with more than a dash of realism.’
Sunday Times

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006499282
SKU
V9780006499282
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

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 Thirteen-gun Salute
‘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

Goodreads reviews for The Thirteen-gun Salute


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