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The Surgeon's Mate
Patrick O’Brian
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Description for The Surgeon's Mate
Paperback. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the seventh book in the series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Loving someone, in a time of war and divided loyalties, can be the greatest risk of all.
Loving someone, in a time of war and divided loyalties, can be the greatest risk of all.
Ordered home by despatch vessel, Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin have been tasked with bringing the news of the latest victory in the war with America back to the government in Britain. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought upon the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers who pursue their ship soon become menacing.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006499213
SKU
V9780006499213
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-98
About Patrick O’Brian
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Surgeon's Mate
‘If O’Brian’s novels have become a cult, this is because they are truly addictive. . . They are, quite magnificently, adventure yarns whose superb authenticity never distracts from the sheer thrill of the action.’ Caroline Moore, Sunday Telegraph ‘The Aubrey–Maturin novels, by Patrick O’Brian, are so addictive that ... Read more