A Sea of Words : A Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales - Softcover

King, Dean.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805051163 ISBN 13: 9780805051162

Publisher: Owl Books, 2000., 1997

Synopsis

More than 50,000 devoted Patrick O'Brian fans have made this their reference book of choice. No other book provides the thorough research and scholarship that made it such a runaway success--and it's just gotten better. Dean King has added hundreds of new definitions and new illustrations and background essays, many from the two new O'Brian novels published since A Sea of Words was first released. 15 illustrations, diagrams and maps. Online promo.

About this title

About the Author:

John B. Hattenborf is a professor of maritime history at the United States Naval War College. J. Worth Estes, Ph.D., is a professor of pharmacology at Boston University and a specialist in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maritime medicine.

Review:

“To any disoriented lubber who needs to take a quick bearing on Aubrey's world of staysails and sternposts, it will be a useful compass.” ―The Economist

“Dean King's lexicon will charm cultists.” ―The Philadelphia Inquirer

“An outstandingly useful passkey to the wooden world of Britain's Royal Navy in the great age of sail.” ―Sea History

“A gem of a book.” ―Minneapolis Star Tribune

About this edition

• Publisher: Owl Books, 2000.
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0805051163
• ISBN 13: 9780805051162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480