Set in the royal navy during the napoleonic wars, obrians 20book series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer jack aubrey and physician and spy stephen maturin. The thirteengun salute by patrick obrian overdrive. The thirteengun salute by patrick obrian waterstones. O brian s writing style is elegant and his descriptions captivating, but the characters in this book are the product of an ongoing development process from the. The thirteen gun salute captain jack aubrey sets sail for the south china sea with a new lease on life. Patrick obrian writes with humour, intelligence and a deep loving affinity for long gone ships and seas. Patrick obrian, cbe 12 december 1914 2 january 2000, born richard patrick russ, was an english novelist and translator, best known for his aubreymaturin series of sea novels set in the royal navy during the napoleonic wars, and centred on the friendship of the english naval captain jack aubrey and the irishcatalan physician stephen maturin.
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The thirteen gun salute by patrick obrian 14 editions. The thirteengun salute is the thirteenth historical novel in the aubreymaturin series by patrick obrian, first published in 1989. Please start with the 1st book of the series, master and commander, in order to have the ongoing subplots make sense and in order to grow with jack and stephen. Patrick o brian s acclaimed aubreymaturin series of historical novels has been described as a masterpiece david mamet, new york times, addictively readable patrick t. He is the author of the acclaimed aubreymaturin tales and the biographer of joseph banks and picasso. Tim pigottsmith is an awardwinning english actor of film, television, and stage and an audiobook narrator. The thirteen gun salute patrick obrian mapping project. The patrick o brian mapping project the voyages of jack aubrey and stephen maturin completed 11 apr 2020 to accurately map the progress of jack aubrey and stephen maturin in the novels by patrick o brian.
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