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Patrick O'Brian
Tolstoy accumulated a vast collection of his stepfather's papers, correspondence, and notebooks--many of which are reproduced here--to present a complex portrait of the man considered by many to be the greatest British novelist of the 20th century.
Patrick O'Brian
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Patrick O'Brian
DIVA revealing and insightful look at one of the modern world’s most acclaimed historical novelists/div DIVPatrick O’Brian was well into his seventies when the world fell in love with his greatest creation: the maritime adventures of Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin. But despite his fame, little detail was available about the life of the reclusive author, whose mysterious past King uncovers in this groundbreaking biography./divDIV /divDIVKing traces O’Brian’s personal history, beginning as a London-born Protestant named Richard Patrick Russ, to his tortured relationship with his first wife and child, to his emergence from World War II with the entirely new identity under which he would publish twenty volumes in the Aubrey–Maturin series. What King unearths is a life no less thrilling than the seafaring world of O’Brian’s imagination./div
Master and Commander
Set sail for the read of your life! 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.
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
Includes facsimile of the manuscript.
Testimonies
Available again as an ebook, the deeply personal and ingenious first novel written under Patrick O’Brian’s own name, newly introduced by Nikolai Tolstoy.
The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels
These five volumes are a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. Now, four years after O'Brian's death, his estate has agreed to release the chapters of the novel he was working on when he died. It is both fitting and moving that in these pages we are given a glimpse of Jack Aubrey raising his admiral's flag at last.
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog
In this cookbook companion to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels, readers get authentic and practical recipes for dishes that complement the pair's travels--such as Burgoo, Drowned Baby, Sea-Pie, Jam Roly-Poly, and Sucking pig.
Patrick O’Brian: A Very Private Life
An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.
The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 19)
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
