Master and Commander

AvPatrick O’Brian

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

Del 1 i serien Aubrey-Maturin

127 kr

Skickas . Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Häftad

113 kr

Inbunden

Kommande

Beskrivning

In this, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s much lauded Aubrey–Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character. 1800. Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen. Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, along with his crew, and new friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, must patrol a Mediterranean fraught with peril but rich with rewards. A glimpse of white sails on the horizon could mean a prize to be taken – or a fight for survival.‘In Aubrey and Maturin, Patrick O’Brian has created two of the most enjoyable characters in twentieth-century fiction. One of the greatest authors to sail with.’MICHAEL PALIN‘There are two types of people in the world: Patrick O'Brian fans, and people who haven't read him yet.’LUCY EYRE, Guardian

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-10-07
Mått:129 x 198 x 28 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Aubrey-Maturin
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780006499152
Miljömärkning:Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
Utmärkelser:Winner of Heywood Hill Literary Prize 1995

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of eighty-five.

Recensioner i media

‘If O’Brian’s novels have become a cult, this is because they are truly addictive. . . They are, quite magnificently, adventure yarns whose superb authenticity never distracts from the sheer thrill of the action.’Caroline Moore, Sunday Telegraph