The Thirteen Gun Salute

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 Entrusted with a secret mission, the perils of the South China Sea await. In the fight against the French, a treaty with the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, a piratical Malay state, may prove decisive. Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, along with a hand-picked crew, must survive the dangers of the high forties and convey a diplomatic envoy to ensure this key alliance, but dangers, both natural and man-made, will dog their every move. When echoes of the past return, no one is safe. 'If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.' Time 'Written with the most engaging enthusiasm that can't fail to give pleasure to anybody who enjoys historical adventure flavoured with more than a dash of realism.' Sunday Times Zusammenfassung Entrusted with a secret mission, the perils of the South China Sea await.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Brian, O&apos, Patrick O’Brian, Patrick OBrian, Patrick O'Brian
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.1997
• EAN: 9780006499282
• ISBN: 978-0-00-649928-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Master & Commander; Harper Collins Paperbacks; Master & Commander; Aubrey-Maturin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Sports, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Sea Stories, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Atlantic Ocean, Sea stories, Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages