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The Nutmeg of ConsolationAuthor : Patrick O'Brian 
Author Information : http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/microsites/patrickobrian/
Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9780006499299
ISBN(10) : 0006499295
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publication Date (AUS) : January 2000
Pages : 368
Height (mm) : 197
Width (mm) : 130
Weight (g) : 240
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Description 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 fourteenth book in the series. Patrick O'Brian is regarded by many as the greatest living historical novelist writing in English. In The Nutmeg of Consolation, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin begin stranded on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies, attacked by ferocious Malay pirates. They contrive their escape, but after a stay in Batavia and a change of ship, they are caught up in a night chase in the fiercely tidal waters and then embroiled in the much more insidious conflicts of the terrifying penal settlements of New South Wales. It is one of O'Brian's most accomplished and gripping books.Similar items can be found in these categories: | |
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