The first volume of Aubrey
Author : Robert Charles Dallas
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1813
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Author : Robert Charles Dallas
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1813
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : 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.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2000-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393088502
"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.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393063828
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.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 39,92 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393035582
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.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393037067
Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007275579
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.
Author : Serena Burdick
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,8 MB
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0369718267
What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer’s block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn’s writing talent. When he commits the ultimate betrayal—stealing a draft of her novel and passing it off as his own—Evelyn decides to write her way out of their unhappy marriage. California, 2006. Abigail always wondered about her father, his identity forever lost when her mother unexpectedly died. Or so Abigail thought, until she stumbled upon his photo and a message that her great-great-grandmother was the author Evelyn Aubrey, leading Abigail on a journey to England in search for answers. There, she learns of Evelyn’s shocking disappearance and how London society believed she was murdered. But from what she uncovers about Evelyn, Abigail believes her brilliant great-great-grandmother had another plot up her sleeve. Rich in atmosphere and emotion, The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey tells the story of literary secrets, a family curse and the lengths women will go to take charge of their future.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 15,59 MB
Release : 2007
Category : 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.
Author : Patrick O’Brian
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2011-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0007429444
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.