‘...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 Myers, Irish Times
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 Myers, Irish Times
‘In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater.’ Mary Renault
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are to be re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets.
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon, Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy ― and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.
The ingredients of a wonderfully powerful and dramatic O’Brian novel are heightened by descriptive writing of rare quality. Nowhere in contemporary prose have the majesty and terror of the sea been more effectively rendered than in the thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm in which Jack’s ship, under-manned and out-gunned, is the quarry not the hunter.
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Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 50168505-20
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.1. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0002221454-2-3
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Librería: Bramble Books, Ipswich, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. Clean pages. Firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has slight fade to the spine. Jacket is in a removable protective cover. 1998 edition. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging. Nº de ref. del artículo: s17245
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Librería: Bramble Books, Ipswich, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. Clean pages. Firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Nº de ref. del artículo: s15497
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Librería: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & remains of stickers, no inscriptions, 276 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 66757
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Librería: Simon and Kathy, Pontypridd, Reino Unido
Hard Cover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. presumed uk 1st ed. FFEP & Printers page missing altho ISBN on back dj 4 prev novels listed,£4.95 net on dj,dj intact pages clean-Immediate despatch from uk 6 days a week Size: 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall 0.0. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6079
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Librería: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 000308
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Librería: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sur Africa
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 276 pages (complete). A pleasing copy of this first edition Jack Aubrey story from O'Brian. The dustjacket is benign. It has some wear, light sunning to the spine. It is decent and sure. The boards are tidy and healthy. The frontispage has a previous retailer stamp. The pages are most agreeable. They are tight, fresh, clean, clear, congenial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Nº de ref. del artículo: cadd
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Librería: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in clean grey cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, this dated 1978 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG dustjacket(unclipped). (1V)/276pp with Ten Chapters. Front and rear free endpapers have some indistinct foxing, with additional traces on the three text-block edges. Jacket is complete with 2cm x 1cm sellotape residue mark on front return flap, where price label may have been stuck: price label of £4.95 net, as part of flap remains in place. Condition VG/VG. Nº de ref. del artículo: 00212557
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Librería: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover pages toning in a fine dustjacket which has been price clipped. The 5th novel in the Captain Jack Aubrey & Dr. Stephen Maturin adventure series, officers in the Royal Navy, set in the 19th century. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3057
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