The Complete Short Stories

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.

Info autore

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.

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patrick O’Brian, Patrick O'Brian
• Con la collaborazione di: Nikolai Tolstoy (Introduzione), Tolstoy Nikolai (Introduzione)
• Editore: Harper Collins Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9780008525439
• ISBN: 978-0-00-852543-9
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 240 mm x 42 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Historical adventure, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Sea Stories, Sea stories, Historical adventure fiction, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, Category fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Classic fiction: general and literary