Books written by Patrick O'Brian
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The Far Side of the World
Church was rigged in the lee of the launch , with an awning spread and a reading - desk run up from stretchers and a thwart , lashed rather than nailed . Jack sent a note to Captain Palmer saying that if he , his officers and men chose ...
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The Wine-Dark Sea (Vol. Book 16) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States.
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Master and Commander
It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. When Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to captain, he inherits...
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The Wine-dark Sea
Two privateers pursue a prize through the Great South Sea, confronting the dangers of the ocean--and their own private demons--as they suddenly find themselves hunted in a breathtaking chase south of Cape Horn. Tour.
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H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
After rescuing a friend from French torture chambers, Captain Aubrey attempts to save the British merchant fleet in the Indian Ocean
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Picasso: A Biography
Details the events, circumstances, movements, and achievements of Picasso's long life, describing his activities, relationships, and major works, from his adolescence in Barcelona to old age in the south of France
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The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe.
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The Wine-Dark Sea (Vol. Book 16) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Captain Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise are pursuing an American privateer through the Great South Sea.
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The Far Side of the World
Captain Jack Aubrey, accompanied by ship's surgeon and British intelligence operative, Stephen Maturin, sails for Cape Horn, assigned to intercept an American frigate that is disrupting the British whaling trade.
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The Far Side of the World
Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigateoutward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.
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De Gaulle: The rebel, 1890-1944
Beginning with his childhood in Lille, through heroic experiences in World War I, to that great moment of triumph, the liberation of Paris in August 1944, Lacouture reveals the highlights and shadows of this man obsessed with the history of ...
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The Golden Ocean
This is the background to the first novel Patrick O'Brian ever wrote about the sea, a precursor to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series that shares the excitement and rich humor of those books.
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The Rendezvous and Other Stories
The author of the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin sea novels presents twenty-seven vivid stories, ranging from the humorous to the dramatic, about the savage forces lurking behind the veneer of civilization. Reprint.
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The Rendezvous and Other Stories
This collection proves that O'Brian is not simply the master of a genre, but an author who will long be honored as one of our most eminent literary figures.
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Desolation Island
" -- Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review "I love these books.... [They offer] the same sense of lived experience as Hilary Mantel.... They will sweep you away and return you delighted, increased and stunned.
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Desolation Island
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat.
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Desolation Island
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts.
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Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat.
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Aubrey/Maturin Novels: Desolation Island
Aubrey/Maturin Novels: Desolation Island
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The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels: - Volume Two - Desolation Island, the Fortune of War, the Surgeon's Mate, the Ionian Mission...
The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels: - Volume Two - Desolation Island, the Fortune of War, the Surgeon's Mate, the Ionian Mission...