Treason's Harbour

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Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

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Part Number: FIC6110

Edition: 2010

Printed and corrected to: No

ISBN: 9780006499237

Publisher: Harper Collins

Author(s): Patrick O'Brian

Author: No

Format: Paperback

Another masterly Aubrey/Maturin novel set in the Napoleonic wars. Much of the plot depends on intelligence and counter-intelligence, a field in which Captain Jack Aubrey's friend Stephen Maturin excels. Through him we get a clearer insight into the life and habits of the sea officers of Nelson's time than we would ever obtain by seeing things through their own eyes. There is plenty of action and excitement in this novel but it is the atmosphere of a Malta crowded with senior officers, waiting for news of what the French are up to and wondering whether the war will end before their turn comes for prize money and fame, that is here so freshly and vividly conveyed. Pb. 360pp.

About Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O’Brian, one of our greatest contemporary novelists, is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. His first novel, ‘Testimonies’, and his ‘Collected Short Stories’ have recently been republished by HarperCollins. He has translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and the first volume of Jean Lacouture’s biography of Charles de Gaulle. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to literature. In the same year he was also awarded the CBE. In 1997 he was given an honorary doctorate of letters by Trinity College, Dublin. Patrick O’Brian lived for many years in south west France, and died in Dublin in January 2000.

Patrick O’Brian is best known for the Aubrey–Maturin series, acclaimed by Richard Snow in ‘The New York Times’ as ‘the best historical novels ever written’.