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The Surgeon’s Mate

By Patrick O’Brian
Series: Aubrey-Maturin
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In The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O’Brian, Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin navigate the turbulent waters following their escape from Boston. As they confront new naval battles, espionage, and personal challenges, their friendship is tested against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. This masterful blend of historical adventure and thriller elements captures O’Brian's signature attention to detail and character development.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy thrilling naval adventures set against the backdrop of historical events. It offers a blend of intense action, intricate character development, and a keen depiction of life at sea in the early 19th century. Fans of rich, atmospheric storytelling and naval strategy will find it particularly engaging.

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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation.

The Surgeon’s Mate follows Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin as they are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. However, Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wreaked in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing.

The chase that ensues through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, tense, and unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O'Brian has written. Following this, an array of challenges including a shipwreck and a particularly sinister internment in the notorious Temple Prison in Paris await.

Once again, the tigerish and fascinating Diana Villiers redresses the balance in this male-dominated world of seamanship and war.

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The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O’Brian is celebrated for its energetic writing and the way it vividly encapsulates the Napoleonic wars, with some reviewers even likening O'Brian to Homer for his masterful storytelling. Critics praise the novel as a standout in its genre, noting the author’s skill in depicting both the technical aspects of 19th-century naval life and the depth of his characters, which suggests its potential for a wide and appreciative readership.

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ISBN: 9780006499213

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 1997

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 416

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Patrick O’Brian Series: Aubrey-Maturin

About the Author

Patrick O'Brian is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. His first novel, Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories have recently been reprinted by HarperCollins. He translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.

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