书目

Commodore

内容简介

PatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturintalesarewidelyacknowledgedtobethegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten.Tocommemoratethe40thanniversaryoftheirbeginning,withMasterandCommander,theseevocativestoriesarebeingre-issuedinpaperbackwithsmartnewlivery.Thisistheseventeenthbookintheseries.JackAubrey’slongserviceisatlastrewarded:heispromotedtotherankofCommodoreandgivenasquadronofshipstocommand.Hismissionistwofold–tomakealargedentintheslavetradeoffthecoastofAfricaand,onhisreturn,tointerceptaFrenchfleetsetforBantryBaywithacargoofweaponsforthedisaffectedamongtheIrish.Inventionandsurprisefollowateveryturninthistaleofnineteenth-centuryseamanship,asrich,ascompelling,asmasterlyasanyofitspredecessors.

作者简介

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

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