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Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (Paperback, 1997)

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Desolation Island. A sequel to The Mauritius Command (1970), which was the opening salvo in the Capt. Jack Aubrey series about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Once again Jack's dear friend Dr. Stephen Maturin is also aboard, so they have the opportunity to indulge themselves in their cello and violin duets.

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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon, Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy - and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew. The ingredients of a wonderfully powerful and dramatic O'Brian novel are heightened by descriptive writing of rare quality. Nowhere in contemporary prose have the majesty and terror of the sea been more effectively rendered than in the thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm in which Jack's ship, under-manned and out-gunned, is the quarry not the hunter.

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-139780006499244

eBay Product ID (ePID)87269774

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Book TitleDesolation Island

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicBooks

GenreHistorical

AuthorPatrick O'Brian

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height198 mm

Item Weight270 g

Item Width129 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorPatrick O'brian

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by thomaston-11
05 Jun, 2018
Jack Aubrey novels of Patrick O Brian
If you have not read any of these novels I envy you, what a wonderful treat Awaits you. Start at the beginning with Master and Commander and you Will have the pleasure of about eighteen more stories to come. The author Is probably the greatest novelist of the 20th century. The subject is Nelson -s navy and the war at sea , but much much more than that.
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by roger5052
12 Dec, 2019
Realistic and exceptional
5th book in the master and commander series by Patrick O'Brian who according to the Sunday Times is the best historical novelist of all time. I find the novels compelling, easy reading but don't take my word the many professional reviews have already said it all. There are 20 novels in the series and I intend to read them all.
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by enchanted_frog
23 Mar, 2019
Yup. The island is desolate.
O' Brian is a master of fiction. But this is not fiction alone - the series is based around real historical events.
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by ala-princ
12 Oct, 2017
Desolation Island
Superb - Patrick O'Brian at his usual best
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by jandrint
04 Mar, 2020
Enjoying all the Albury series
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by glenmp8
11 Apr, 2017
Good read
Excellent****
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by lucky_cunningham
01 Jul, 2022
Desolation Island
Excellent, like all the series.
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