The Thirteen Gun Salute (Aubrey Maturin Series) - Softcover

O′brian, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039330907X ISBN 13: 9780393309072

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 1992 09 Pages: 319 Publisher: WW Norton & Co. Patrick O'ian.'s Auey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Reinstated to the Navy List. Jack Auey engages on a secret mission with a hand-picked crew in this continuation of the Auey-Maturin series.For all Jack Auey's life he has triumphed. often sensationally. over the dangers of the sea and the violence of the enemy. But his rashness. his guilelessness. his indiscretion have time and time again enabled his rivals to prevent him reaping his just rewards. The nadir was reached in The Reverse of the Medal when. the victim of a skilful frame-up. he was convicted of fraud and struck off the Navy list just as he was coming within sight of flag rank. The subsequent exposure of the conspiracy. coupled with his illiant success in command of a privateer. had ought ...

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Will Napoleon Bonaparte form an alliance with the Malay princes of the South China Sea? Not if Jack Aubrey can help it. Conveying a diplomatic mission to the Sultan's court, Aubrey and company must also contend with orangutans, typhoons, and a squadron of wily French envoys.

Review:

I devoured Patrick O Brian 's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog. --Christopher Hitchens

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. --George Will

I 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. --Keith Richards"

I devoured Patrick O Brian s 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog.--Christopher Hitchens"

Gripping and vivid a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit.--A. S. Byatt"

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.--George Will"

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.--E. O. Wilson"

Patrick O Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.--James Hamilton-Paterson"

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.--Tamar Lewin"

[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.--David Mamet"

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 039330907X
• ISBN 13: 9780393309072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368