The commodore
O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000199709UU
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When Jack Aubrey is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command, his twofold mission involves making a dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and intercepting a French fleet carrying weapons to the disaffected Irish. 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. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold -- to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish. Invention and surprise follow at every turn in this tale of nineteenth-century seamanship, as rich, as compelling, as masterly as any of its predecessors.Review: '... 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 Meyers, 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 sympathy that the vessels he describes, a rare achievement save in the greatest of writers of this genre. It deserves the widest readership.' Irish Times.
Main title:
The commodore / Patrick O'Brian.
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Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd:, 1997.
Collation:
320 p. : 1 ill., stration ; 20x13 cm.
Notes:
Paperback. B-format paperback.Originally published: 1994.
Biography/History:
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 have recently been 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 received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.
Awards:
Winner of Heywood Hill Literary Prize 1995.
ISBN:
9780006499329 (pbk)0006499325 (pbk)
Dewey class:
AF
Local class:
FT PbkFAFPBK
Language:
English
Subject:
Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- FictionMaturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- FictionSeafaring life -- History -- 19th century -- FictionAubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- FictionMaturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- FictionGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- FictionSea storiesHistorical fictionSea stories
BRN:
545089
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