The thirteen-gun salute / Patrick O'Brian
by O'Brian, Patrick (1914-2000)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0002234602
- ISBN 13
- 9780002234603
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About This Item
London : HarperCollins, 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 322 pages; Physical description. : 322 p. : 1 ill. ; 23 cm. Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers - Fiction. Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Fiction. Sea stories. Great Britain - History, Naval - 19th century - Fiction. South China Sea Region - Fiction. Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. Series: O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Aubrey/Maturin novels. Summary: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the thirteenth book in the series. For all Jack Aubrey'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 brilliant success in command of a privateer, had brought him to a position where Their Lordships were more or less bound to reinstate him. This, as the present book opens, they have done, and he and his old friend Dr Maturin are sailing on a secret mission with a hand-picked crew, most of them shipmates from the adventures and lucrative voyages of earlier years.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 212349
- Title
- The thirteen-gun salute / Patrick O'Brian
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick (1914-2000)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002234602
- ISBN 13
- 9780002234603
- Publisher
- London : HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
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