Desolation Island, Patrick OBrian
Desolation Island, Patrick OBrian
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Desolation Island

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2008


Synopsis

Jack's prize money has set the household accounts aright, but if he continues frittering it on naive extravagances, it will be gone in a fortnight. Fortunately he gets a commission aboard the Leopard, bound for Australia to rescue the hated and captive Captain Bligh.

About Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O’Brian (1914–2000), a translator and author of biographies, was best known as the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels. Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ,this twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician and spy Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. He wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He also translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biographies of Charles de Gaulle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry

June 2023 re-read thoughts: Are these the perfect books? Common sense tells me there is likely no such thing strictly speaking, but I have to say that for me they seem to come pretty close. The compulsive readability of the Aubrey-Maturin series, coupled with the excellent characterizations and shee......more