Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin #01: Master and Commander

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin #01: Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
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Hardback
h222 x 141mm - 416pg
17 Oct 2019 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780008328320
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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation. Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O'Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O'Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly.

#01: Master and Commander
#02: Post Captain
#03: HMS Surprise
#04: Mauritius Command, The
#05: Desolation Island
#05: Desolation Island (CD)
#06: Fortune of War, The
#06: Fortune of War, The (CD)
#07: Surgeon's Mate, The
#08: Ionian Mission, The
#08: Ionian Mission, The (CD)
#09: Treason's Harbour
#10: Far Side of the World, The
#11: Reverse of the Medal, The
#12: Letter of Marque, The
#13: Thirteen-Gun Salute, The
#14: Nutmeg of Consolation, The
#15: Clariss Oakes
#16: Wine-Dark Sea, The
#17: Commodore, The
#18: Yellow Admiral, The
#19: Hundred Days, The
#20: Blue at the Mizzen
#21: Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey, The

'...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 English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.' Kevin Myers, Irish Times 'In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater.' Mary Renault 'I never enjoyed a novel about the sea more. It is not only that the author describes the handling of a ship of 1800 with an accuracy that is as comprehensible as it is detailed, a remarkable feat in itself. Mr O'Brian's three chief characters are drawn with no less depth of sympathy than the vessels he describes, a rare achievement save in the greatest writers of this genre. It deserves the widest readership.' Irish Times
Patrick O'Brian, one of our greatest contemporary novelists, is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. His first novel, Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories were recently republished by HarperCollins. In 1995, he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008328320
Published: 17 Oct 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 141mm
Pages: 416

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