Articoli correlati a Desolation Island
Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts, including a dangerous spy, while the crew is decimated by disease and their ship, the "Leopard," is pursued by a Dutch man-of-war
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Product Description:
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of "Bounty" fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the "Leopard" to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy - and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, outgunned "Leopard" sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountainous seas, the Dutchman closes...
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
- EditoreW W Norton & Co Inc
- Data di pubblicazione1994
- ISBN 10 0393037053
- ISBN 13 9780393037050
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine325
- Valutazione libreria
Compra nuovo
Scopri di più su questo articolo
EUR 23,69
Spese di spedizione:
GRATIS
In U.S.A.
Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo
I migliori risultati di ricerca su AbeBooks
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island: Book V: The Aubrey Maturin Novels: The Collected Uniform Norton Edition
Editore:
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. Full page frontispiece w/ facing text key "The sails of a square-rigged ship" (illustratore). Collected Uniform Norton Edition. MAJESTIC: TERRIFYING: THRILLING: NEW: Book V: Collected Uniform Norton Edition of the Aubrey-Maturin Novels: First Edition hardcover (Orig.1978: The Collected Uniform Norton Edition, November 1994) w/ no. line at "1" First Printing: NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected gloss-laminated color "Uniform Norton Edition" jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $22.50 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf & w/ the distinctive "Uniform Norton Edition" butterscotch-cream spine w/ title panel at top & Roman-enumeration "V" & pub. logo below & w/ color illustrated front panel, NEW library-durable marine-blue linen wrapping spine & extending 1.88" onto front & back panels handsomely-covered in EXCELLENT pale-blue paper w/ author's initials PO'B blind-stamped at bottom-right of front panel & w/ titles elegantly gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE unmarked text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top-bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW durably-tight perfect binding, PRISTINE interior printed w handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 5.86" x 8.50" x 1.24", 0.60 kg, 330 pp * ILLUSTRATION: Full page frontispiece w/ facing text key "The sails of a square-rigged ship" * ABOUT THE BOOK: "The relationship [between Aubrey & Maturin] is about the best thing afloat. For Conradian power of description & sheer excitement there is nothing in naval fiction to beat the stern chase as the out-gunned Leopard staggers through mountain waves in icy latitudes to escape the Dutch seventy-four." -Stephen Vaughan, Observer. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey & his friend & surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia w/ a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful & dangerous spy, & a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. W/ a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, out-gunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes. Here the ingredients of a powerful & dramatic novel are heightened by descriptive writing of rare quality. Nowhere in contemporary prose has the majesty & terror of the sea been more effectively rendered than in the thrilling chase through an antarctic storm in which Jack's ship, outmanned & outgunned, is the quarry not the hunter. * HIGHEST PRAISE FOR PATRICK O'BRIAN: "Taken together, the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all aspects of early 19th-ventury life, w/ impeccable period detail. [Compared to Forester's characters] Aubrey & Maturin are subtler, richer items; in addition Patrick O'Brian has a gift for the comic which Forester lacks." -T.J. Binyon, TLS "O'Brian is astonishingly good." -The Times, London. "The best historical novels ever written." -Richard Snow, NYT. "Aubrey & Maturin compose one of those complex & fascinating pairs of characters which have inspired thrilling stories of all kinds since the 'Iliad'." -John Bayley & Iris Murdoch. "O'Brian's sheer brilliance as a writer constantly dazzles & his power over the reader is unique. He is the master." -Kevin Myers, Irish Press * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: In addition to 21 volumes in the highly acclaimed Abrey-Maturin series, PATRICK O'BRIAN 's many novels include "Testimonies", "The Golden Ocean" & "The Unknown Shore". O'Brian also wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso & Sir Joseph Banks & translated many works from the French, among them the novels & memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles DeGaulle. For many years he & his wife made their home in the south of France. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & to international destinations via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates. Codice articolo 009770
Compra nuovo
EUR 23,69
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo newMercantile_0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 25,46
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Codice articolo Holz_New_0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 24,72
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo FrontCover0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 25,97
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 26,77
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 33,60
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Book is in NEW condition. Codice articolo 0393037053-2-1
Compra nuovo
EUR 37,61
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
DESOLATION ISLAND (AUBREY/MATURI
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.3. Codice articolo Q-0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 67,27
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 5) (Book 5)
Editore:
W. W. Norton & Company
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Codice articolo 353-0393037053-new
Compra nuovo
EUR 72,16
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
Desolation Island (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Editore:
W W Norton & Co Inc
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0393037053
ISBN 13: 9780393037050
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 325 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo 0393037053
Compra nuovo
EUR 86,66
Convertire valuta