Patrick O'Brian
A Life Revealed
by Dean King
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This biography of O'Brian not only explores the roots of his fiction--the justly celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series of maritime novels--but reveals the facts about his fabricated identity.
Editions of Patrick O'Brian
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Henry Holt & Co |
Date 2000 |
Price $1.00 |
 Good |
Publisher Notes
Presents the first definitive biography of bestselling author Patrick O'Brian, the creator of the popular AubreyMaturin historical novels, describing the dramatic personal life of the reclusive eccentric who radically altered his own identity.
Media Reviews
"This is certainly a warts-and-all biography, all the more brave as the work of an O'Brian admirer. But it does not explain what drove O'Brian to his strange alternate personal universe, not to mention his literary one. King has ably charted the shores, but unless he returns to the task, someone else will get the honor of sounding the depths."
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