'You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O'Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.' Kevin Myers, Irish Times The Hundred Days is the long-awaited nineteenth novel in Patrick O'Brian's best-selling series of Aubrey-Maturin tales. Following the extraordinary success of The Yellow Admiral, The Hundred Days is set in the days succeeding Napoleon's escape from Elba. Aubrey and Maturin are in the thick of Europe's attempt ...
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'You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O'Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.' Kevin Myers, Irish Times The Hundred Days is the long-awaited nineteenth novel in Patrick O'Brian's best-selling series of Aubrey-Maturin tales. Following the extraordinary success of The Yellow Admiral, The Hundred Days is set in the days succeeding Napoleon's escape from Elba. Aubrey and Maturin are in the thick of Europe's attempt to prevent the French emperor from regaining his power; it is a novel enriched with huge excitement, action and grand naval battles. It is O'Brian at his best.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardbck in VG price-clipped dust jacket. 1st UK edition, 1st printing. Brief gift inscription on front free end paper, otherwise a very nice bright, tidy copy.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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F- in VG+ jacket. F-/VG+. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (paperstock a little tanned) in dustwrapper (spine sunned); pp. [vi], 282 (last blank), with an illustration. A near fine copy. The nineteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.
the book finally arrived well packed and in good condition. I still do not have a full collection of O'Brian books but am still on the lookout for good copies of his work.
LCdr
Mar 5, 2009
Good Sequel
Having read all of the books in the Audbry series I found One Hundred Days a good sequel in keeping with the continuing adventures of Audbry and Maturin.