Author: Patrick O'Brian
Brand: O'Brian, Patrick
Edition: New edition
Number Of Pages: 6576
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date: 26-11-2004
Details: Product Description The recent release of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has focused even more attention on the publishing phenomenon of the late Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels about the Royal Navy in the age of Nelson. These five volumes, beautifully produced and boxed, contain over 7,000 pages of what has often been described as a single, continuous narrative. They are a perfect tribute to such a literary achievement, and a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. Review Like John le Carré, [O'Brian] has erased the boundary separating a debased genre from 'serious' fiction. O'Brian is a novelist, pure and simple, one of the best we have.--Mark Horowitz "[O'Brian's novels] will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade.--David Mamet No writer alive can move one as O'Brian can. . . . He is the master.--Kevin Myers Synopsis Collects Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels about the Royal Navy involving Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and includes Aubrey's final mission to South Africa. About the Author Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will). Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. The books are now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book format. In addition to the Aubrey/Maturin novels, Patrick O'Brian wrote several books including the novels Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, as well as biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir, the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle, and famed fugitive Henri Cherriere's memoir Papillon. O'Brian died in January 2000.
EAN: 9780393060119
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 inches
Languages: English
Binding: Hardcover
Item Note: Shelf-wear only to very impressive slipcase. All five volumes show little or no sign of being read. A very substantial and collectable set that is as unworn as a previously-owned item can be.
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood