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The Far Side of the World
Patrick O’Brian
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Description for The Far Side of the World
Paperback. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. . Good copy with some signs of shelfware.
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O’Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007255924
SKU
KEX0305647
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Patrick O’Brian
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Far Side of the World
'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 ... Read more