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A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel
An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey/Maturin series, collected and introduced by Patrick O'Brian, beautifully repackaged to mark the centenary of his birth. Patrick O'Brian has unearthed from obscurity the most dynamic travel writing of the sevente ...Show more
Blue at the Mizzen #20 by Patrick O'Brian
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: good
For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge. Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaste ...Show more
Clarissa Oakes #15 by Patrick O'Brian
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
With factions on board, and multiple enemies to contend with, only the most careful navigation will save them. As he sails away from Port Jackson, Captain Jack Aubrey feels nothing but relief at leaving the penal colony and its inhabitants far behind. But, unknown to him, hidden among his crew is on ...Show more
Desolation Island #5 by Patrick O'Brian
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey-Maturin Ser.
Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America br ...Show more
HMS Surprise #3 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin series | Reading Level: very good
How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance.Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination ...Show more
Master and Commander (#1 Aubrey-Maturin) by Patrick O'Brian
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin | Reading Level: very good
In this, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s much lauded Aubrey–Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen. Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, ...Show more
Picasso:A Biography by Patrick O'Brian
$30.95 AUD
Category: Art and Photography
Patrick O’Brian’s outstanding biography of Picasso explores comprehensively the life of this awe-inspiring artist. Enormously productive and hugely successful, Picasso continues to attract avid, insatiable public interest. O’Brian was a close friend and a neighbour of Picasso’s, and the book reflects th ...Show more
Post Captain #2 by Patrick O'Brian
$20.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: AUBREY-MATURIN | Reading Level: very good
Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. At least for now. . . Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentl ...Show more
The Catalans by Patrick O'Brian
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man's desperate bid to reclaim his humanity. Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunt ...Show more
The Far Side of the World #10 by Patrick O'Brian
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin 10 | Reading Level: very good
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 tenth ...Show more
The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O'Brian
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$32.95 (9% off)
Category: Fiction
At the time of his death Patrick O'Brian was halfway through a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin - the greatest friendship of modern literature. The story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen ...Show more
The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey #21 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: very good
At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen, the twentieth book in the classic series. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin - the greatest friendship of modern literature The story pic ...Show more