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Commodore by Patrick O'Brian (1995, Hardcover)
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Commodore, Hardcover by O'Brian, Patrick, ISBN 0393037606, ISBN-13 9780393037609, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are sent on a decoy mission to the lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade, and ultimately head to Ireland, where the French are building an invasion force
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393037606
ISBN-139780393037609
eBay Product ID (ePID)127403460
Product Key Features
Book TitleCommodore
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicHistorical, Sea Stories, Action & Adventure
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorPatrick O'Brian
Book SeriesAubrey/Maturin Novels Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.4 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-002653
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Reviews[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the RoyalNavy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today'sputative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as MarkTwain has outlived Charles Reade, 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., The Commodore is so satisfying...because it is crowded with so many different kinds of pleasures. O'Brian's genius is in his ability to arrange all this material upon the well-constructed frame of an adventure plot....A lyric poet working in the epic form.
Series Volume Number17
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisThe seventeenth novel in the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series of naval tales, which the New York Times Book Review has described as "the best historical novels ever written.", Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes. Much of The Commodore takes place on land, in sitting rooms and in drafty castles, but the roar of the great guns is never far from our hearing. Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade. But their ultimate destination is Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent. The subtle interweaving of these disparate themes is an achievement of pure storytelling by one of our greatest living novelists., Much of The Commodore takes place on land, in sitting rooms and in drafty castles, but the roar of the great guns is never far from our hearing. Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade. But their ultimate destination is Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent. The subtle interweaving of these disparate themes is an achievement of pure storytelling by one of our greatest living novelists.
LC Classification NumberPR6029.B55C66 1995
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- Jun 28, 2021
Napoleon era naval fiction
Arguably some of the finest historical fiction available. Devilish attention to detail, great character development, clever plots, period language and sensibility. They’re great, without reservation.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jun 02, 2021
Another O'Brian story focused on the life of Captain Aubrey and his best friend Dr. Maturin
The 17th volume in a superb 20 volume story of British naval life and combat during the Napoleonic Wars. Told in third person it places the reader right in the middle of the yarn.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Apr 19, 2020
Great books well packed
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
