Mauritius Command

Informationen zum Autor Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar , when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85. Klappentext Reissues of the classic naval historical novels, with new covers. Zusammenfassung Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean?

Product details

• Authors: P. Brian, O&apos, Patrick O’Brian, Patrick O’Brian, Patrick OâEUR(TM)Brian, P. O'Brian, Patrick O'Brian
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1997
• EAN: 9780006499183
• ISBN: 978-0-00-649918-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Harper Collins Paperbacks; Aubrey-Maturin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Medical, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Sea stories, Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Indian Ocean, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages