BlueattheMizzen

作者 Patrick O'Brian著
出版社 HarperCollinsUK
出版时间 2000年4月
ISBN 9780006513780
定价 72.20

内容简介

PatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturintalesarewidelyacknowledgedtobethegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten.Tocommemoratethe40thanniversaryoftheirbeginning,withMasterandCommander,theseevocativestoriesarebeingre-issuedinpaperbackwithsmartnewlivery.Thisisthetwentiethbookintheseries.’IfwehadonlytwoorthreeofPatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturinseries,wewouldcountourselveslucky;withsixorseventheauthorwouldbesafelyamongthegreatsofhistoricalfiction…Thisisgreatwritingbyanundiminishedtalent.NowontoVolumeTwenty,andtheliberationofChile.’WILLIAMWALDEGRAVE,LiteraryReviewThisisthetwentiethbookinPatrickO’Brian’shighlyacclaimed,bestsellingserieschroniclingtheadventuresofluckyJackAubreyandhisbestfriendStephenMaturin,partship’sdoctor,partsecretagent.Thenovel’sstirringactionfollowsonfromthatofTheHundredDays.Napoleon’shundreddaysoffreedomandhisrenewedthreattoEuropehaveendedatWaterlooandAubreyhasfinally,asthetitlesuggests,becomeablueleveladmiral.HeandMaturinhave–atlast–setsailontheirmuchpostponedmissiontoChile.Vividwiththesaltytangoflifeatsea,O’Brian’swritingisaspowerfulaseverwhetherhewritesofnavalhierarchies,night-actionsorthemostcelebratedfictionalfriendshipsincethatofSherlockHolmesandDrWatson.BlueattheMizzenalsobringsalivethesightsandsoundsofrevolutionarySouthAmericainastoryasexcitingasanyO’Brianhaswritten.

作者简介

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

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