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King, Dean. Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed

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(026463) King, Dean. Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed. New York: Henry Holt And Company, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 397 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Patrick O'Brian is a famous historical novelist and chronicler of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. He received little critical notice until age 54, when he began publishing his 18th- century seafaring series featuring Capt. Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. It eventually numbered 20 books (1969–9 9) and was compared with the works of Herman Melville, Anthony Trollope, and Marcel Proust ISBN: 0805059768