Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are to be re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets.
The Reverse of the Medal is in all respects an unconventional naval tale. Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off South America and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. From there he is led into the half worlds of the London criminal underground and of government espionage – the province of his friend, Stephen Maturin, on whom alone he can rely.
Those who are already devoted readers of Patrick O’Brian will find here all the brilliance of characterisation and sparkle of dialogue which they have come to expect. For those who read him for the first time there will be the pleasure of discovering, quite unexpectedly, a novelist of unique character.
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‘...full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein... Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.’
James Hamilton- Paterson
‘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
‘Brilliant’
London Review of Books
‘These books are works of scholarship, classics of contemporary literature, joys to read. Savour The Reverse of the Medal – and seek out its predecessors. You rob yourself by neglecting them.’
Western Morning News
‘Taken together the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all aspects of early nineteenth-century life, with impeccable period detail.’
T.J. Binyon, Times Literary Supplement
Patrick O’Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He lived for many years in South West France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.
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Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Codice articolo GOR001410103
Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: Good. Library Copy - Used. Codice articolo mon0000006498
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. NOTE: Listing is for 7 Cassette Tapes; Unabrigded reading by Patrick Tull on RecordedBooks AudioBooks (ISBN: 0788767224); all tapes in boxed set; missing plastic liner. Codice articolo 00-L5N2-0FIX
Descrizione libro Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. Clean pages and firm binding. Dust Jacket is not price clipped. Dust jacket is in a removable protective cover. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging. Codice articolo s16439
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual remains of stickers, tape marks on boards, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 256 pages. Codice articolo 66762
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped (and unpriced) jacket. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, few small marks, few scratches, very minor fading to spine, pushing/bumping to corners, the odd spot of foxing and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a few small scratches/dents, the odd small mark and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's bookplate to front end-paper. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/mild foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Odd small scratch to a few page edges. Few small bumps to top corner of first few pages. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Codice articolo 007589
Descrizione libro 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Very Good Red cloth-textured papered boards, no titles to boards or backstrip, pp 256, ex-lib, board exteriors show usual tape shadows from jacket protector, library stamp on obverse of title page only, feps show shadows of library stickers, ep hinges reinforced with cream adhesive tape also stitched-in, bookbinder's label on back pastedown: "Lancastria Binding by Askews of Preston", dw unclipped, corners lightly rubbed, and with 2cm x 1.5cm surface damage to lower backstrip. Codice articolo 002806
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. Ex-Navy library. Moderate markings, minimal wear. The dust jacket has been edge-trimmed and corner-clipped at the flaps, otherwise bright and well protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Codice articolo 013465
Descrizione libro Green Cloth Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Eleventh novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series, with the Barbosa jacket illustration. 256pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Some age-toning to edges and former owner's Ex Libris label to pastedown, otherwise very good copy. DJ is unclipped, price-marked £10.95, with minimal wear and slight sunning to spine and edges, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Codice articolo 016093
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green boards with gilt titles to the spine. 1st edition. Top of the text block edge has some light foxing. Jacket is price clipped. Jacket has a bit of fade to the spine. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Codice articolo 15883