Master and Commander #1
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
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.
In 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, they 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.
Product Information
Patrick O'Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey--Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He lived for many years in South West France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- : Harper Element
- : 0.31
- : January 1997
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Patrick O'Brian
- : Paperback
- : 416