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Far Side of the World, The

See Larger Image	Categories :	Historical War & Military

	Publisher :	HarperCollins Publishers
	Author :	Patrick O'Brian
	Narrator :	Robert Hardy

	Length :	2 hours 42 minutes (Abridged)

Download Price :		$12.49

Format :		Encoded Windows Media

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© 2009 HarperCollins Publishers

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It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O’Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade.

If they do not come up with her before she rounds the Horn, they must follow her into the Great South Sea and as far across the Pacific as she may lead them. It is a commission after Jack’s own heart. Maturin has fish of his own to fry in the world of secret intelligence.

Aubrey has to cope with a succession of disasters – men overboard, castaways, encounters with savages, storms, typhoons, groundings, shipwrecks, to say nothing of murder and criminal insanity. That the enemy is in fact faithfully dealt with, no one who has the honour of Captain Aubrey’s acquaintance can take leave to doubt.

Reviews

‘…full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein… Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.’
James Hamilton- Paterson

‘You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O’Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.’
Kevin Myers, Irish Times

‘Some of the liveliest and best naval stories ever written.’
Guardian

‘All true lovers of the sea will find this a most enjoyable book.’
Nautical Magazine

‘Aubrey has rarely undertaken a more hazardous mission or one more packed with exciting incident.’
Gloucester Citizen

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