

The Truelove
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Series: Aubrey/Maturin #15
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/26/2004
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Series: Aubrey/Maturin #15
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/26/2004
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
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.
Read this book in 2009, and its the 15th amazing volume of the wonderful "Aubrey/Maturin" series. In this tale Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, and his crew on board ship "Surprise" are setting sail towards the Sandwich Islands to help a British whaler who has been captured by thew chief on those Islands at......more
3 - 3.5 stars On their way home from their less than satisfactory visit to New South Wales Aubrey discovers an unexpected stowaway who proves to be the secret source of growing unrest and conflict among the crew. To add to this, a cutter sent from Australia gives Aubrey new orders from the Governor,......more