Informationen zum Autor Patrick O'Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar , when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long AubreyMaturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85. Klappentext Newly-jacketed reissue. Zusammenfassung In this, the first of Patrick O'Brian's much lauded AubreyMaturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character.

Autorentext

Patrick O'Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long AubreyMaturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.

Klappentext

Newly-jacketed reissue.

Zusammenfassung
In this, the first of Patrick O'Brian's much lauded AubreyMaturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character.