Master and Commander

O'Brian, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0393325172 / ISBN 13: 9780393325171

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2003

About this Item

First printing.

Seller Inventory # 018238

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Master and Commander
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393325172
• ISBN 13: 9780393325171
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Adventure
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

"The best sea story I have ever read."―Sir Francis Chichester

It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to command of H.M.S. Sophie?, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and secret intelligence agent, Aubrey and his crew engage in one thrilling battle after another, their journey culminating in a stunning clash with a mighty Spanish frigate against whose guns and manpower the tiny ?Sophie? is hopelessly outmatched.

About the Author

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.