Blue at the Mizzen (Vol. Book 20) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." —Los Angeles Times Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America—where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain—the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.

The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063658
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
"Fine stuff...[The Letter of Marque] leaves the devotee of naval fiction eager for sequels." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World 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. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value, and Maturin’s fondness for opium make this segment of Patrick O’Brian’s masterful series both original and profoundly exciting.

The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 19)

Author: Patrick O’Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007429444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393060119
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
These five volumes are a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. Now, four years after O'Brian's death, his estate has agreed to release the chapters of the novel he was working on when he died. It is both fitting and moving that in these pages we are given a glimpse of Jack Aubrey raising his admiral's flag at last.

The Wine-dark Sea

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393035582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
At the outset of an adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a prize through the stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.

Treason's Harbour

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland

The Fortune of War

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393037067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.

The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393063828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.

Master and Commander

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007255837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433

Book Description
Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.

The Nutmeg of Consolation

Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007275579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
The fourteenth novel in the classic Aubrey-Maturin series finds Aubrey and Maturin shipwrecked, harassed by pirates and then in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales.