Books written by Patrick O'Brian

  • The Wine-dark Sea

    Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours.

  • A Book of Voyages

    An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey-Maturin series, repackaged to mark the centenary of Patrick O'Brian's birth.

  • H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

    Capt. Aubrey and his friend Maturin sail to the Indian Ocean to save the British merchant fleet from the French.

  • The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

    These five omnibus volumes, beautifully produced and boxed, contain 7,000 pages of what has often been described as a single, continuous narrative.

  • The Wine-dark Sea

    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 sixteenth book in the series.

  • The Ionian Mission

    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 Nutmeg of Consolation

    The fourteenth novel in the classic Aubrey-Maturin series finds Aubrey and Maturin shipwrecked, harassed by pirates and then in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales.

  • The Thirteen-gun Salute

    Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea, shepherding a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes. At the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang...

  • Hussein: An Entertainment

    A delicious blend of Kipling and the Arabian Nights, "Hussein" is the story of a Muslim elephant keeper whose bravery and curiosity lead him on a series of lively adventures.

  • The Far Side of the World

    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 Far Side of the World

    The inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe.

  • Treason's Harbour

    The inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe.

  • Treason's Harbour (Vol. Book 9) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

    Ship's doctor Stephen Maturin, a British intelligence agent, stands as the sole bulwark against the sabotage of his friend Captain Jack Aubrey's mission in Malta.

  • Treason's Harbour

    In Malta for much needed repairs on his ship, Captain Jack Aubrey must rely on his ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, Stephen Maturin, to outwit Napoleon's agents.

  • Treason's Harbour: An Aubrey & Maturin Adventure

    Treason's Harbour: An Aubrey & Maturin Adventure

  • The Ionian Mission (Vol. Book 8) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

    "O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mission is another rattling good yarn." —Stephen Vaughan, The Observer Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return in this novel to the seas where ...

  • The Hundred Days

    In O'Brian's most ambitious book to date, Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must ...

  • Collected Short Stories

    This collection of short stories are about country life and the open air and were first published in the 1950s. Patrick O'Brien is the author of Clarissa Oakes, The Wine-Dark...

  • The Hundred Days

    The Hundred Days to most people calls to mind Napoleons last, colossal gamble with the fate of his adopted country.

  • The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

    Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to...