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London: Harper Perennial. Good+. 2011. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover corner creases, some edge and shelf wear with ding to slightly slanted spine, slight water stain to inside front cover, large price sticker to rear cover and small pin puncture that extends into last few leaves, paper edge toned. ; First printing of Harper Perennial mass market edition, 2011. Good reading copy, no names inside. Cover photo by Jeff Cottenden. ; The Aubrey and Maturin Series; Vol. 1; 432 pages; The first volume of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Newly promoted Captain Jack Aubrey takes command of His Majesty's Sloop Sophie whilst the secretive Stephen Maturin agrees to become his ship's surgeon. .

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HarperCollins, 2011. Standard. Paperback. Very Good. Outline:- Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O`Brian`s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship`s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O`Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O`Brian`s portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly. This brilliant historical novel marked the debut of a writer who grew into one of our greatest novelists ever, the author of what Alan Judd, writing in… Read More

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