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Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
ISBN-100393309053
ISBN-139780393309058
eBay Product ID (ePID)643550
Product Key Features
Publication Year1992
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorPatrick O'brian
SeriesAubrey/Maturin Novels
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
GroupTrade
ReviewsThe Letter of Marque Is both Serious and Light-Hearted, True and Sentimental, As Comic Opera Can Be., Gripping and Vivid'š a Whole, Solidly Living WORLD for the Imagination to Inhabit., "I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop.", "[Patrick O'Brian has] the power of bringing near to the reader...savagery and tenderness, beauty and mystery and boldness and dignity.", "Gripping and Vivid Audio... a Whole, Solidly Living WORLD for the Imagination to Inhabit.", The Aubrey-Maturin series'Š far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart., The best historical novels ever written… On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives., Gripping and Vivid Audio… a Whole, Solidly Living WORLD for the Imagination to Inhabit., "It has been something of a shock to find myself--an inveterate reader of girl books--obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love.", "I Devoured Patrick O'brian's 20-Volume Masterpiece As IF It HAD Been So Many Tots of Jamaica Grog.", "Patrick O'brian Is Unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars.", "The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives.", [O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels ofthe Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive mostof today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlivedBulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade., It has been something of a shock to find myself-an inveterate reader of girl books-obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels'Š What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love., "The Aubrey-Maturin series... far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart.", The Aubrey-Maturin series… far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart., O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actuallyconstitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those listsof the greatest novels of the 20th century., "There Is Not a Writer Alive Whose Work I Value over HIS.", "I fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships. ...And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope. ...It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me.", The best historical novels ever written'Š On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives.
Dewey Edition21
Publication Date1992-08-17
Series Volume Number12
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionReprint
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- 06. Jul. 2021
Great book!
I love Patrick O’Brian’s characters. An author with something to say and the artist skill to inspire you to listen.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 13. Aug. 2019
Everyone Knows the Great OBrien Series u should too
Read the series.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Nov. 2019
Letter of Marque
great book as part of the sea adventures.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
