Patrick
O'Brian : A Life
by Dean King
Biography of the author of the 20 Napoleonic-era adventures starring
Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. He was by all accounts a controversial
character.
Paperback - 400 pages (March 2000)
Owl Books; ISBN: 0805059776
The
Making of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
by Tom McGregor
Book Description: The fascinating story behind one of the most
highly anticipated movies to come out of Hollywood in recent years.
Peter Weir's astonishing film brings Patrick O'Brian's world to life,
complete with its swashbuckling adventures, brilliantly drawn characterization,
romance, and intrigue. It is sure to captivate stalwart enthusiasts of
O'Brian's work as well as draw in new fans everywhere. With unique access
to the cast and crew, Tom McGregor traces the project, from the actors'
boot camp to the filming in the Galapagos Islands and on board a replica
ship (in the same studio where Titanic was filmed).
With exclusive photographs and interviews with key members of the cast,
including Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind), and director
Peter Weir (Dead Poets' Society, Green Card, The Truman Show), this book
records the painstaking work of the crew and stars in making the film as
historically accurate as possible, from replicating the uniforms of Nelson's
navy to bringing the gun deck of the Surprise incredibly to life. Exclusive
behind-the-scenes insight and information on the history of the project
are dazzlingly showcased in this unique companion, featuring the same high
production standards and imagination as the film itself. 200 color photographs.
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (October 14, 2003)
ISBN: 0393325539
Joseph Banks : A Life
by Patrick O'Brian
Listed under Captain Cook
Pablo Ruiz Picasso : A Biography
by Patrick O'Brian
Listed under Pablo Picasso
The
Hundred Days
by Patrick O'Brian
(Paperback - October 1999)
Blue
at the Mizzen (Aubrey/Maturin Series (Cloth))
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1999)
The
Commodore
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - April 1995)
Number 17
The
Commodore
by Patrick O'Brian
(Paperback - April 1996)
Lobscouse
& Spotted Dog : Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin
Novels
by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, et al
(Hardcover - November 1997)
Harbors
and High Seas : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin
Novels of Patrick O'Brian
by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf (Contributor)
Where did Sophie battle the Cacafuego? Where is Aubrey's beloved Ashgrove
cottage? What route did Maturin take with his bear? What's so desolate
about Kerguelen Island? What's the best route from Botany Bay to Moahu?
Find the answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this indispensable
guide to the terrain and cartography of O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.
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Paperback: 288 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x
9.19 x 7.36
Owl Books; ISBN: 0805066144; 3rd edition (October 2000)
H.M.S.
Surprise
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1994)
Master
and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian, Geoff Hunt (Photographer)
The opening salvo of the Aubrey-Maturin epic, in which the surgeon
introduces himself to the captain by driving an elbow into his ribs during
a chamber-music recital. Fortunately for millions of readers, the two quickly
make up. Then they commence one of the great literary voyages of our century,
set against an immaculately-detailed backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This
is the place to start--and in all likelihood, you won't be able to stop.
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Hardcover: 411 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.43 x
8.51 x 5.90
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition
(November 1994)
ISBN: 0393037010
Desolation
Island (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
Captain Bligh (yes, the guy from the Bounty) needs to be rescued, and
the Royal Navy has the perfect man for the job: Captain Jack Aubrey. With
his friend and cloak-and-dagger expert Stephen Maturin in tow, Aubrey sets
off for Australia. Several factors, including an attractive spy and a small-scale
epidemic, conspire to change his plans, and before long his frigate is
being pursued into Antarctic waters by a Dutch man-of-war. Five installments
into the series, the Aubrey-Maturin story remains (to quote The Observer)
"the best thing afloat since Horatio Hornblower." Amazon.com
(Hardcover - November 1994)
Desolation
Island (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
5th in the series.
Paperback: 325 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.74 x
7.72 x 5.29
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 039330812X; Reprint
edition (August 1991)
The
Surgeon's Mate
by Patrick O'Brian
7th in the series.
Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.34 x 8.50 x 5.92
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 039303707X; Norton uni
edition (November 1994)
The
Surgeon's Mate
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback: 382 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x
7.75 x 5.33
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393308200;
Reprint edition (January 1992)
The
Ionian Mission)
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1994)
Truelove
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - May 1992)
Number 15 in the series.
The
Letter of Marque
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback from W.W. Norton & Company
Book Published: August, 1992 |
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The
Letter of Marque (Aubrey/Maturin Series)
by Patrick O'Brian
When Jack Aubrey is unfairly deprived of his commission in the Royal
Navy, Stephen Maturin comes to the rescue, purchasing the captain's former
ship and outfitting it as a privateer, to be commanded by...Jack Aubrey.
Soon the Surprise is off to sea, on a mission that Aubrey hopes will redeem
his good name. The author's grasp of period detail is astonishing as ever--and
so is his gift for pure entertainment. Amazon.com
(Hardcover - November 1994)
Post
Captain (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1994)
The
Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
Ashore without a command--and on half-pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers
are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him.
The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope
to dislodge the French garrisons on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion.
Alas, two of their own colleagues--a dilettante and a martinet--prove to
be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves. Amazon.com
(Hardcover - November 1994)
The
Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback: 348 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.78 x
7.70 x 5.26
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 039330762X;
Reprint edition (May 1991)
The
Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
Book Description: Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., arrives in the
Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest
and best-armed frigate in the navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take
passage for England in a dispatch vessel, but the War of 1812 breaks out
while they are enroute. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and
unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return
on him with a vengeance. 6th in the series.
(Hardcover - November 1994)
The
Fortune of War
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback: 329 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.63 x
7.86 x 5.34
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition
(August 1991)
ISBN: 0393308138
Treason's
Harbour (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1994)
The
Far Side of the World (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn, determined to intercept
an American frigate before it can wreak havoc on the British whaling trade.
As always, he is accompanied by intelligence operative Stephen Maturin,
and as always, Aubrey has no idea of what his companion is up to. Another
impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to
identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep. Amazon.com
(Hardcover - November 1994)
Patrick
O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World
by Richard O'Neill, Chris Chant, David Miller, Clive, Dr., Phd Wilkinson
Book Description
From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's
sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer
Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in
1970, critics hailed his work as a masterpiece of historical recreation.
Called "the best historical novels ever written" by The New York Times,
the books have sold more than 3 million copies. This first full-color illustrated
companion to the Aubrey-Maturin series, timed to benefit from the release
of the blockbuster Twentieth-Century Fox film adaptation starring Russell
Crowe, explains the fascinating physical details of Jack Aubrey's fictional
world. An in-depth historical reference, it brings to life the political,
cultural, and physical setting of O'Brian's novels. Annotated drawings,
paintings, and diagrams reveal the complex parts of a ship and its rigging,
weaponry, crew quarters and duties, below-deck conditions, and fighting
tactics, while maps illustrate the location featured in each novel.
Hardcover from Running Press
Book Published: March, 2004 |
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The
Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey/Maturin)
by Patrick O'Brian
(Hardcover - November 1994)
The
Reverse of the Medal
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback Reprint edition (August 1992)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393309606
The
Unknown Shore
by Patrick O'Brian
The Unknown Shore, a sort-of sequel to The Golden Ocean, is a fascinating
blue-print for the Aubrey-Maturin series. We follow Jack Byron and Tobias
Barrow, two unlikely neighbors and fast friends in whom we catch glimpses
of the heroes of the epic series to come. They set off to sea in 1740 as
part of Commodore Anson's fleet to circumnavigate the globe. Byron, a romantic,
forceful lad, signs on as a midshipman; Barrow, a strangely educated, scientifically
brilliant boy, is running away from his father and wins a commission as
a surgeon's mate. Set up in the Wager, which is parted from Anson's squadron
and sinks somewhere along the desolate coast of Chile, Byron and Barrow
are left to struggle for survival by wits alone, facing mutiny, famine,
indifferent natives and lingering infighting. A fully realized hint of
the fictional magic to come. - Amazon.com
Paperback from W.W. Norton & Company
Book Published: October, 1996 |
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The
Wine-Dark Sea
by Patrick O'Brian
Number 16 in the series.
(Hardcover - November 1993)
Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels
of Patrick O'Brian
by Anthony Gary Brown
(Paperback - July 1999)
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by Patrick O'Brien
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