The Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick OBrian
The Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick OBrian
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The Nutmeg of Consolation

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 12 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2011

Synopsis

When last seen, Jack and Stephen had been shipwrecked on a desert island in the glittering South China Sea. The Nutmeg of Consolation opens as the castaways fashion a makeshift vessel from the wreckage, only to have it destroyed in a fiery attack by Malay pirates. Only the wondrous ingenuity of Stephen, along with the unexpected appearance of one of Jack's oldest allies, leads them to escape-and to dubious safety in a penal colony at New South Wales.

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 Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) on March 11, 2010

This, the 14th volume in Patrick O'Brian's brilliant Aubrey-Maturin canon, is one of my absolute favorites of the twenty completed novels in this wonderful Napoleonic wars seafaring series. "The Nutmeg of Consolation" is a page-turner from page one on. We join Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 20, 2021

Read this book in 2009, and its the 14th beautiful volume of the great "Aubrey/ Maturin" series. In this tale Captain Jack Aubrey, after his former ship "Diane" was shipwrecked at the Dutch East Indies, but thanks to the ingenuity by Maturin, they have now this new ship the "Nutmeg", and they are set......more

Goodreads review by Wolfgang on June 20, 2017

Intelligently written. Good story. Interesting characters. Unsure about the characters, they seem a little bit to complex for sailors.........more

Goodreads review by Craig on July 08, 2013

SPOILERS BELOW. This particular edition to the series may well have been entitled "When Maturin, Cannibals and Platypuses Attack." This (and the previous book in the series) is rather meandering and doesn't seem to have much in the way of a concrete objective in terms of where the author wanted to ta......more

Goodreads review by K.M. on April 25, 2013

A little slower and little more self-indulgent than some of the previous entries, but a delight from start to finish, as always. The early part, on the island, put me in mind of Far Side of the World (only better than what we find in that installment), and the return to India (which was very enjoyab......more

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