Volume Two, The Mauritius Command / Desolation Island / The Fortune of War (Aubrey–Maturin)

O’Brian, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0007319312 ISBN 13: 9780007319312

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

A breathtaking collection of sea-faring tales.

For the first time ever Patrick O'Brian's famous and much-loved Aubrey-Maturin novels will be available on audio CD – as omnibus editions and split into seven volumes.

Follow the adventures of Jack Aubrey and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. Theirs is one of the greatest friendships in all literature. These collections are a perfect tribute to such a literary achievement and a perfect gift for the O'Brian enthusiast.

Collection Two contains The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island and The Fortune of War.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007319312
• ISBN 13: 9780007319312
• Binding: Audio CD