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Clarissa Oakes #15 by Patrick O'Brian
$24.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
With factions on board, and multiple enemies to contend with, only the most careful navigation will save them. As he sails away from Port Jackson, Captain Jack Aubrey feels nothing but relief at leaving the penal colony and its inhabitants far behind. But, unknown to him, hidden among his crew is on ...Show more
Collected Short Stories by Patrick O'Brian
$32.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Patrick O'Brian emerged, in the opinion of many, as the greatest historical novelist writing in English. He is best known for the astonishing 'roman fleuve' of the Aubrey/Maturin tales, but it is often forgotten that he first made his reputation as a writer of short stories. Collected here is a definiti ...Show more
Desolation Island #5 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey-Maturin Ser.
Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America br ...Show more
HMS Surprise #3 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin series
How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance.Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination ...Show more
Master and Commander (#1 Aubrey-Maturin) by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin
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
Mauritius Command #4 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ...Show more
Men-Of-War by Patrick O'Brian
$20.00 AUD
$35.00 (42% off)
Category: History
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
Post Captain #2 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: AUBREY-MATURIN
Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. At least for now. . . Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentl ...Show more
The Fortune of War #6 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Matu ...Show more
The Nutmeg of Consolation #14 by Patrick O'Brian
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
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 fourt ...Show more
The Thirteen-Gun Salute #13 by Patrick O'Brian
$24.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
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 thirt ...Show more
The Uncertain Land and Other Poems by Patrick O'Brian
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other ships, readers around the world have been transported to a place and time at once familiar and exotic, rout ...Show more