Patrick O'Brian - A Very Private Life

An intimate portrait of Patrick O¿Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.

About the author

Nikolai Tolstoy is an English-Russian author and Patrick O’Brian’s step-son, their relationship spanned forty-five years during O’Brian’s marriage to Mary Tolstoy, NIkolai’s mother.

He has written a number of books, including Patrick O’Brian – The Making of a Novelist, The Coming of the King and Victims of Yalta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1979.

Summary

An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.

Product details

• Authors: Nikolai Tolstoy, Tolstoy Nikolai
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780008350628
• ISBN: 978-0-00-835062-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; FICTION / Historical / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Historical fiction, France, FICTION / Biographical, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Biography: writers, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)