Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales now are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets. Patrick O'Brian is regarded by many as the greatest historical novelist now writing. Post Captain, the second novel in his remarkable Aubrey/Maturin series, led Mary Renault to write: 'Master and Commander raised dangerously high expectations; Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them.' This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining and enjoying more amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life. He flees to the continent to seek refuge: instead he finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France. Aubrey's adventures in escaping from France and the debtors' prison will grip the reader as fast as his unequalled actions at sea.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN-13
9780002216579
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95851492
Product Key Features
Book Title
Post Captain
Author
Patrick O'Brian
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Historical
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
222mm
Item Width
141mm
Item Weight
610g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Patrick O'brian
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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