Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin #06: Fortune of War, The

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin #06: Fortune of War, The
Patrick O'Brian
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Trade Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 352pg
5 Jan 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780393541632
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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. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.

#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: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780393541632
Published: 5 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 352

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