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Truelove by Patrick O'Brian (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393310167
ISBN-139780393310160
eBay Product ID (ePID)712424
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrue Love
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicSea Stories, Historical, Action & Adventure
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorPatrick O'Brian
Book SeriesAubrey/Maturin Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.6 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-044345
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsI fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships. ...And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope. ...It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me., O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century., What lifts The Truelove into the highest ranks of fiction is what it shares with the rest of its author's writing: page after page of unmistakably original insights into the mysteries of the world., The Aubrey-Maturin series... far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart., The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives., [O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade., [O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the RoyalNavy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today'sputative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as MarkTwain has outlived Charles Reade, I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop., It has been something of a shock to find myself--an inveterate reader of girl books--obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love., I devoured Patrick O'Brian's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog.
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number15
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisA British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the sandwich islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey, R. N., Is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict. To the officers, Clarissa Harvill is an object of awkward courtliness and dangerous jealousies. Aubrey himself is won over and indeed strongly attracted to this woman who will not speak of her past. But only Aubrey's friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Clarissa's secrets: her crime, her personality, and a clue identifying a highly placed English spy in the pay of Napoleon's intelligence service. In a thrilling finale, Patrick O'Brian delivers all the excitement his many readers expect: Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise impose a brutal pax Britannica upon the islanders in a pitched battle against a band of headhunting cannibals., The fifteenth installment in Patrick O'Brian's widely claimed series of Aubrey-Maturin novels is equal parts mystery, adventure, and psychological drama.
LC Classification NumberPR6029.B55C57 1992
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- 01 Jul, 2020
A compelling story
I confess I am a Patrick O’Brian addict. I own all 21 books of this series. They are so well written and well researched and they have the ring of authenticity. The characters are fully developed and a simple exchange between Aubrey and Maturin will make me laugh, the humor coming from my knowledge of who they are.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Feb, 2022
clean A+ condition
Book was as good as new. idt it had ever been read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Jan, 2017
Excellent as are all the Aubrey-Maturin novels.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 May, 2024
100% satisfied! Thanks!
100% satisfied! Thanks!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
