Blue At the Mizzen Uk
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Book
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ISBN 10
0002259591
ISBN 13
9780002259590
Category
823 English Fiction
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
320
Subject
Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Naval battles -- Chile -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Abstract
In this novel, Napoleon's 100 days of freedom have ended and Aubrey has finally become a true Blue Rear Admiral. He and Maturin set sail on their much post-poned mission to Chile.
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Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the is nearly sunk on her way to South America--where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain--the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.
Review
"Filled with exuberance and humor, and a writer's palpable delight at exercising his finest muscles. . . . At sea with a master." Boston Globe
Review
"O'Brian has presented his readers with a shining jewel...an intricate, multifaceted work." Richard Snow New York Times Book Review
Review
"I devoured Patrick O'Brian's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog." Christopher Hitchens
Review
"Gripping and vivid... a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit." Slate
Review
"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century." A. S. Byatt
Review
"Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." George Will
Review
"I fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships... And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope... It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me." James Hamilton-Paterson New Republi c
Review
"It has been something of a shock to find myself--an inveterate reader of girl books--obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love." Keith Richards
Review
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." Tamar Lewin New York Times
Review
"The Aubrey-Maturin series...far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart." David Mamet New York Times
Review
"There is not a writer alive whose work I value over his." Ken Ringle Washington Post
Review
"The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives." San Francisco Chronicle
Review
"I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop." E. O. Wilson
Synopsis
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."-- (a Best Book of 1999)
About the Author
Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will).Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. The books are now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book format.In addition to the Aubrey/Maturin novels, Patrick O'Brian wrote several books including the novels Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, as well as biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir, the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle, and famed fugitive Henri Cherrière's memoir Papillon. O'Brian died in January 2000.
Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the is nearly sunk on her way to South America--where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain--the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.
Review
"Filled with exuberance and humor, and a writer's palpable delight at exercising his finest muscles. . . . At sea with a master." Boston Globe
Review
"O'Brian has presented his readers with a shining jewel...an intricate, multifaceted work." Richard Snow New York Times Book Review
Review
"I devoured Patrick O'Brian's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog." Christopher Hitchens
Review
"Gripping and vivid... a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit." Slate
Review
"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century." A. S. Byatt
Review
"Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." George Will
Review
"I fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships... And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope... It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me." James Hamilton-Paterson New Republi c
Review
"It has been something of a shock to find myself--an inveterate reader of girl books--obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love." Keith Richards
Review
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." Tamar Lewin New York Times
Review
"The Aubrey-Maturin series...far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart." David Mamet New York Times
Review
"There is not a writer alive whose work I value over his." Ken Ringle Washington Post
Review
"The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives." San Francisco Chronicle
Review
"I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop." E. O. Wilson
Synopsis
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."-- (a Best Book of 1999)
About the Author
Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will).Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. The books are now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book format.In addition to the Aubrey/Maturin novels, Patrick O'Brian wrote several books including the novels Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, as well as biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir, the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle, and famed fugitive Henri Cherrière's memoir Papillon. O'Brian died in January 2000.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Sea stories
Historical fiction
Fiction
History
Dust jackets
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0002259591 9780002259590 0006513786 9780006513780
OCLC Number: 41926157
Description: 262 pages ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Patrick O'Brian.
Number of Copies
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