The Hundred Days, Patrick OBrian
The Hundred Days, Patrick OBrian
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The Hundred Days

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/04/2004

Synopsis

For years, critics have celebrated best-selling author Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures for their magnificent blend of swashbuckling excitement and historical accuracy. With The Hundred Days, he transports you to the high seas of the Napoleonic era when the French demagogue is making a desperate attempt to control the European world. While Napoleon pursues the British across Europe, rumors fly about him forging a secret link with the forces of Islam. Soon an ominous horde of Muslim mercenaries gather. In a desperate attempt to avert disaster, ship's doctor Stephen Maturin navigates oriental politics to uncover the truth. And blustery Commodore Jack Aubrey launches a daring mission to destroy the growing French-Muslim menace. Patrick O'Brian packs this brilliantly executed tale with elegant language, rich humor, and authentic period atmosphere. With his deep, rumbling voice, narrator Patrick Tull brings storm-tossed seas and gallant navy warships colorfully to life. For other entertaining yarns, sail through: Master and Commander and The Yellow Admiral.

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 Judith on April 09, 2019

Loved it, as richly enjoyable as the 18 preceding novels, but oh! Only one left! (Don’t like reading unfinished works). Think I’m going to bite the bullet and go straight on to Blue at the Mizzen just in case the sky falls on my head before I’ve had that pleasure and joy! After all, one of these day......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 04, 2023

The 19th and, unfortunately, the final book in O'Brien's Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin series. This one takes place during the Hundred Days of Napoleon's return to power ending at Waterloo. Not one of the better ones, it does involve an intriguing story of Commodore Aubrey seeking to intercept a s......more

Goodreads review by Phillip on August 01, 2024

This installment of the series involves stopping a plot by Shiite Muslims who are allied with Napoleon to send an army of mercenaries to split the Austrian and Russian armies. The plot involves funding this venture with gold smuggled in by Barbary corsairs and our heroes are the men to stop it. Step......more

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