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. Patrick O'Brian is now recognised as the greatest historical novelist writing in English. He has been described variously as "Jane Austen - sur mer" and "the greatest novelist you've never read". But at last he is enjoying the recognition he deserves with huge media interest in both him and his books. ...
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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. Patrick O'Brian is now recognised as the greatest historical novelist writing in English. He has been described variously as "Jane Austen - sur mer" and "the greatest novelist you've never read". But at last he is enjoying the recognition he deserves with huge media interest in both him and his books. All the elements that have made Patrick O'Brian's astonishing series one of the most highly praised works in contemporary fiction are here in Clarissa Oakes - the narrative grip, the impeccable ear for dialogue, the humour and the unsurpassed capacity to create and recreate a rich and true friendship between two men in the late eighteenth-century.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Price clipped. First edition first printing of the fifteenth novel in the Jack Aubrey series. Price clipped otherwise in fine / fine unread condition. 288 p. Audience: General/trade.
