Patrick O’Brian
Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes, and Stephen’s past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance.
Reviews of The Fortune of War
-
‘Full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein…Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.’ James Hamilton-Paterson
‘You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O’Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.’ Kevin Myers, Irish Times
‘In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater.’ Mary Renault
‘I never enjoyed a novel about the sea more. It is not only that the author describes the handling of a ship of 1800 with an accuracy that is as comprehensible as it is detailed, a remarkable feat in itself. Mr O’Brian’s three chief characters are drawn with no less depth of sympathy than the vessels he describes, a rare achievement save in the greatest writers of this genre. It deserves the widest readership.’ Irish Times
More from Patrick O’Brian
-
Collected Short Stories
Other -
Testimonies
Other -
Blue at the Mizzen
Paperback -
The Hundred Days
Paperback -
The Yellow Admiral
Paperback -
The Commodore
Paperback -
The Wine-dark Sea
Paperback -
Clarissa Oakes
Paperback -
The Nutmeg of Consolation
Paperback -
The Thirteen-gun Salute
Paperback -
The Letter of Marque
Paperback -
The Reverse of the Medal
Paperback -
Treason’s Harbour
Paperback -
The Ionian Mission
Paperback -
The Surgeon’s Mate
Paperback -
Desolation Island
Paperback -
The Mauritius Command
Paperback -
Post Captain
Paperback -
Master and Commander
Paperback -
The Far Side of the World
Paperback