‘...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
‘The best historical novels ever written.’
New York Times
‘The Nutmeg of Consolation brings his achievement to a new height. Any contemporary novelist should recognize in Patrick O’Brian a Master of the Art.’
Alan Judd, Sunday Telegraph
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are to be re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets.
Patrick O’Brian is regarded by many as the greatest living historical novelist writing in English. In The Nutmeg of Consolation, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin begin stranded on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies, attacked by ferocious Malay pirates. They contrive their escape, but after a stay in Batavia and a change of ship, they are caught up in a night chase in the fiercely tidal waters and then embroiled in the much more insidious conflicts of the terrifying penal settlements of New South Wales. It is one of O’Brian’s most accomplished and gripping books.
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR001669547
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Hardcover. Octavo; G+/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with grey and blue print; DJ has light bump to front top fore corner, else clean and bright; Boards in blue cloth, slightly cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight but for penciled translation of Latin dedication; 315 pages. 1358237. FP New Rockville Stock. Artikel-Nr. 1358237
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Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F-. Second Printing. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (small ink number to FFE, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (priced £14.99. trifling sunning to spine); pp. 316 (last blank). A near fine copy. The fourteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Artikel-Nr. 023258
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