书目

The Far Side of the World

内容简介

PatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturintalesarewidelyacknowledgedtobethegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten.Nowtheseevocativestoriesarebeingre-issuedinpaperbackbyHarperPerennialwithstunningnewjackets.ItisstilltheWarof1812.PatrickO’BriantakeshisheroJackAubreyandhistetchy,sardonicfriendStephenMaturinonavoyageasfascinatingasanythinghehaseverwritten.TheysetcourseacrosstheSouthAtlantictointerceptapowerfulAmericanfrigateoutwardboundtoplayhavocwiththeBritishwhalingtrade.IftheydonotcomeupwithherbeforesheroundstheHorn,theymustfollowherintotheGreatSouthSeaandasfaracrossthePacificasshemayleadthem.ItisacommissionafterJack’sownheart.Maturinhasfishofhisowntofryintheworldofsecretintelligence.Aubreyhastocopewithasuccessionofdisasters–menoverboard,castaways,encounterswithsavages,storms,typhoons,groundings,shipwrecks,tosaynothingofmurderandcriminalinsanity.Thattheenemyisinfactfaithfullydealtwith,noonewhohasthehonourofCaptainAubrey’sacquaintancecantakeleavetodoubt.

作者简介

PatrickO’Brian,untilhisdeathin2000,wasoneofourgreatestcontemporarynovelists.Heistheauthoroftheacclaimed‘Aubrey–Maturin’talesandthebiographerofJosephBanksandPicasso.Heistheauthorofmanyotherbooksincluding‘Testimonies’,andhis‘CollectedShortStories’.In1995hewasthefirstrecipientoftheHeywoodHillPrizeforalifetime’scontributiontoliterature.InthesameyearhewasawardedtheCBE.In1997hereceivedanhonorarydoctorateoflettersfromTrinityCollege,Dublin.HelivedformanyyearsinSouthWestFranceandhediedinDublininJanuary2000.

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