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. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. ...
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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. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, as tense and as unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O'Brian has written. Then, among other things, follows a shipwreck and a particularly sinister internment in the notorious Temple Prison in Paris. Once again, the tigerish and fascinating Diana Villiers redresses the balance in this man's world of seamanship and war.
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Good. 1st HB Collins 1980; ex-library copy with remnants of library page to ffep and stamp to title verso; wear to book block and some foxing to prelims and page edge; a scarce title in well worn condition; sunning to author name on jacket spine; boards generally unworn; Cover artwork may differ;
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Like New. Size: 8x5x1; Hardcover. Near fine / near fine dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Free of any markings and no writings inside. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Very good. 1st UK Edition. 315pp. Octavo. Original deep red cloth with gilt lettering on spine; light bumping to extremities. Small stain on each of the boards. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Clean, tight text block with only a small stain to long outer edge and some light wear to some places on the outer edges. In dust jacket, price clipped. The jacket has some light wear and yellowing to outer edges, else is very nice. A lovely copy. very good The 7th book in the Aubrey? aturin series of novels, written by O'Brian, a celebrated English Author. The novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish? atalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language.