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One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. O'Brian's biography of
naturalist, explorer, and cofounder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. It reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and
establishes itself as a classic of exploration. 6 line drawings, 2 maps, 6 halftones.
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Collected here for the first time are 27 stories that O'Brian wishes to preserve--stories of uncommon lyricism
and beauty that will confirm his rightful place in the front rank of short story writers as well as of novelists.
Patrick O'Brian is the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of sea novels.
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Before the epic Aubrey-Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian wrote this sinister tale of love and death set in Wales, a dark and timeless story with
echoes of Thomas Hardy and Mary Webb. Joseph Pugh, sick of Oxford and of teaching, decides to take some time off to live in a wild and
beautiful Welsh farm valley. There he falls physically ill and is nursed back to health by Bronwen Vaughn, the wife of a neighboring farmer.
Slowly, unwillingly, Bronwen and Pugh fall in love, and while that word is never spoken between them, their story is passionate and tragic.
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Where did Sophie battle the Cacafuego? Where is Aubrey's beloved Ashgrove cottage? What route did Maturin take with his bear?
What's so desolate about Kerguelen Island? What's the best route from Botany Bay to Moahu? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other
questions in this indispensable guide to the terrain and cartography of O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.
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A companion reference for fans of the popular historical fiction series includes more than two thousand cross-referenced terms,
diagrams, maps, and accompanying short essays. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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Any Aubrey Maturin reader determined to learn the locations of the orlop and the mizenmast, the etiquette of epaulettes, or
the range of a 32-pounder will delight in this invaluable reference companion to O'Brian's epic and series. An exploration of what
daily life was like in Nelson's navy, for everyone from the captain on down to the rawest recruit. Line drawings and charts help us
understand the construction and rigging of the great ships, the types and dispositions of the guns, and how they operated in battle.
Contemporary drawings and cartoons illustrate aspects of naval life from the press gang to the scullery. Finally, a generous selection
of full-color paintings renders the majesty and the excitement of fleet actions in the age of fighting sail.
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Animal lovers, relax--"Spotted Dog" is a kind of pudding, not a dalmatian. It is also the favorite pudding of Jack Aubrey, the fictional creation of writer
Patrick O'Brian. Aubrey's adventures as an officer of the British Navy--and those of his friend and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin--during the
tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars have been masterfully detailed in O'Brian's many novels; now Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and her daughter,
Lisa Grossman, take readers on a culinary adventure through the kitchens and cuisine of the early 19th century.
Since food figures prominently in O'Brian's novels, his fans will already be familiar with such names as Skillygalee, Drowned Baby, Soused Hog's Face,
and Jam Roly-Poly, but they may wonder exactly what those dishes are. Lobscouse and Spotted Dog makes it all clear: Skillygalee, for example, is
oatmeal gruel, while Drowned Baby is similar to Spotted Dog, only without the currants and eggs. And Spotted Dog is...? You'll find the recipe in the
Grossmans' book, along with excerpts from the Aubrey/Maturin novels and many other authentic 19th-century dishes to test your sense of adventure,
your culinary prowess, and possibly your waistline. Lobscouse and Spotted Dog is more than a cookbook--it's a window into the past, an inspired piece
of culinary detective work, and a delightful gastronomic companion to the novels of Patrick O'Brian.
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