书目

YellowAdmiral(Aubrey-Maturin)

内容简介

‘Youareinforthetreatofyourlives.ThankGodforPatrickO’Brian:hisgeniusilluminatestheliteratureoftheEnglishlanguage,andlightensthelivesofthosewhoreadhim.’KevinMyers,IrishTimesTheYellowAdmiral–theeighteenthnovelinthesequencehailedasthegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten–setsthefallandriseofJackAubreyinbrilliantcounterpointtothefallandriseofNapoleonBonaparte.LifeashoremayonceagainbetheundoingofJackAubrey.EvenJack’sexploitsatseaturnsourinthestormwatersoffBrest.Worstofall,inthespringof1814peacebreaksout.ButStephenMaturinreturnsfromamissioninFrancewithnewsthattheChileansrequiretheserviceofEnglishofficers.JackissavouringthisreprieveforhiscareerwhenhereceivesanurgentdespatchorderinghimtoGibraltar:NapoleonhasescapedfromElba.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

作者简介

PatrickO’Brian,untilhisdeathin2000,wasoneofourgreatestcontemporarynovelists.HeistheauthoroftheacclaimedAubrey–MaturintalesandthebiographerofJosephBanksandPicasso.HeistheauthorofmanyotherbooksincludingTestimonies,andhisCollectedShortStories.In1995hewasthefirstrecipientoftheHeywoodHillPrizeforalifetime’scontributiontoliterature.InthesameyearhewasawardedtheCBE.In1997hereceivedanhonorarydoctorateoflettersfromTrinityCollege,Dublin.HelivedformanyyearsinSouthWestFranceandhediedinDublininJanuary2000.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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