HMS Surprise: Book 3

O’Brian, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0007261713 ISBN 13: 9780007261710

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2010

Riassunto

“Lucky” Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin accept a commission to the East Indies in this tale of Nelson’s navy.

H.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey’s career in Nelson’s navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent, and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority.

Rarely has a novel managed to convey more vividly the fragility of a sailing ship in a wild sea. Rarely has a historical novelist combined action and lyricism of style in the way that O’ Brian does. His superb sense of place, brilliant characterisation, and a vigour and joy of writing lift O’Brian above any but the most exalted of comparisons.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Patrick O’Brian 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 lived for many years in south west France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007261713
• ISBN 13: 9780007261710
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
• Lingua: Inglese
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile