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A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
$24.99 AUD
Category: Narratives/Memoir
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
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Aubrey-Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: good
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick OâÂÂBrianâÂÂs now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive shipâÂÂs surgeon an ...Show more
Master and Commander (#1 Aubrey-Maturin) by Patrick O'Brian
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
This special hardback edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of first publication with a brand-new foreword by O'Brian's stepson and biographer, Nikolai Tolstoy, and artist's note by Geoff Hunt, and includes the complete text of the previously unavailable Men-of-War, O'Brian's fascinating guide to the ...Show more
Master and Commander (#1 Aubrey-Maturin) by Patrick O'Brian
$24.99 AUD
Category: General 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
Men-Of-War by Patrick O'Brian
$35.00 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs ...Show more
Richard Temple by Patrick O'Brian
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good
This is the story of Richard Temple -- prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist -- told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers. Captive in a brutal German prison towards the end of World War II, Richard Temple has been stripped of everything that once def ...Show more
Testimonies by Patrick O'Brian
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
Back in print and now in hardback, the deeply personal and ingenious literary first novel written under Patrick O'Brian's own name, newly introduced by Nikolai Tolstoy.THREE BEAR WITNESSJohn Aubrey Pugh, an Oxford don who has given up his teaching post and come to live in a secluded Welsh valley, falls ...Show more
The Road to Samarcand by Patrick O'Brian
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
From the stormy South China Seas to the steppes of Central Asia, this is the gripping story of a young man's adventurous spirit leading him on a journey full of fearsome tribes, great danger, friendship and treasure.
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