Post Captain - Jack Aubrey Series #2

Collins, UK, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 414 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1972. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chipping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Patrick O'Brian is regarded by many as the greatest historical novelist now writing. Post Captain, the second novel in his remarkable Aubrey/Maturin series, led Mary Renault to write: 'Master and Commander raised dangerously high expectations; Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them.' This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining and enjoying more amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life. He flees to the continent to seek refuge: instead he finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France. Aubrey's adventures in escaping from France and the debtors' prison will grip the reader as fast as his unequalled actions at sea. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0002216574. ISBN/EAN: 9780002216579. Inventory No: 13110356.. 9780002216579