Master and Commander
Title | Master and Commander PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0007255837 |
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.
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog
Title | Lobscouse and Spotted Dog PDF eBook |
Author | Chotzinoff Anne Grossman |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2000-10-03 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 9780393320947 |
In this cookbook companion to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels, readers get authentic and practical recipes for dishes that complement the pair's travels--such as Burgoo, Drowned Baby, Sea-Pie, Jam Roly-Poly, and Sucking pig.
Patrick O'Brian
Title | Patrick O'Brian PDF eBook |
Author | Nikolai Tolstoy |
Publisher | Arrow |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Historical fiction |
ISBN | 9780099415848 |
Tolstoy accumulated a vast collection of his stepfather's papers, correspondence, and notebooks--many of which are reproduced here--to present a complex portrait of the man considered by many to be the greatest British novelist of the 20th century.
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Vol. Book 14) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Title | The Nutmeg of Consolation (Vol. Book 14) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2011-12-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0393088472 |
"[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page....You're in for a wonderful voyage."—Cutler Durkee, People Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck. A vicious attack by Malay pirates is repulsed, but the makeshift vessel burns, and they are truly marooned. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the whimsy and ingenuity of Patrick O'Brian—or Stephen Maturin—could devise. In command now of a new ship, the Nutmeg, Aubrey pursues his interrupted mission. The dreadful penal colony in New South Wales, harrowingly described, is the backdrop to a diplomatic crisis provoked by Maturin's Irish temper, and to a near-fatal encounter with the wildlife of the Australian outback.
The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Title | The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2011-12-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0393063658 |
"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 Fortune of War
Title | The Fortune of War PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick O'Brian |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780393037067 |
Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.
The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 19)
Title | The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 19) PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick O’Brian |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2011-12-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0007429444 |
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.