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Blue at the Mizzen #20 by Patrick O'Brian
$20.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: good
For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge. Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaste ...Show more
Master and Commander #1 by Patrick O'Brian
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin | Reading Level: very good
In this, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s much lauded Aubrey–Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen. Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, ...Show more
The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian
$27.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin Series | Reading Level: very good
Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable ...Show more
The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey #21 by Patrick O'Brian
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Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: very good
At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen, the twentieth book in the classic series. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin - the greatest friendship of modern literature The story pic ...Show more
The Hundred Days #19 by Patrick O'Brian
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Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun. The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing army. Commodore Jack Aubrey and his convoy are tasked w ...Show more
The Wine-Dark Sea #16 by Patrick O'Brian
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Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
There is a fine line between privateer and pirate, between friend and foe. With a beleaguered Britain already facing war on two fronts – against Napoleon’s armies in Europe but also against the young and vigorous United States – the objective of ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin is to light the ...Show more
The Yellow Admiral #18 by Patrick O'Brian
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Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
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 eight ...Show more
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