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The Commodore

The Commodore

The Commodore
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The Commodore Hardback - 1995

by O'Brian, Patrick

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In the 17th novel in O'Brian's bestselling series of naval tales, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, return to England. For Jack, it's a happy homecoming. But for Stephen, it is disastrous, as he learns his little daughter is autistic, and his wife, Diana, unable to bear the situation, has disappeared.

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  • Title The Commodore
  • Author O'Brian, Patrick
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W, New York
  • Publication date 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9864095-6
  • ISBN 9780393037609 / 0393037606
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Ireland
  • Category Fiction - Historical
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Sea stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95002653
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 2

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From the publisher

Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes.

Much of The Commodore takes place on land, in sitting rooms and in drafty castles, but the roar of the great guns is never far from our hearing. Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade. But their ultimate destination is Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent.

The subtle interweaving of these disparate themes is an achievement of pure storytelling by one of our greatest living novelists.

From the rear cover

Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes. Much of The Commodore takes place on land, in sitting rooms and drafty castles, but the roar of the great guns is never far from our hearing. Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade, but their ultimate destination is Ireland. There the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent, and the climax of the story is one of those grand and thrilling fleet actions on which the supremacy of the British Navy was founded.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/1995, Page 1139
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/1995, Page 175
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/1994, Page 76
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/27/1995, Page 87

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