Fiction, Action & Adventure

H.M.S. Surprise

Name: H.M.S. Surprise
Author: Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 9780393037036

by Patrick O'Brian

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Synopsis

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press

Irish Press

Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement H.M.S Surprise managed it.

About the Author, Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian's historic naval adventure novels were solely the pleasure of British readers until the late '80s; but for Americans, it's better late than never. The appearance of the author's Aubrey-Maturin series in the States, with its compelling protagonists and rich period detail from the Napoleonic Wars, earned thousands of fans including Iris Murdoch, Eudora Welty and Tom Stoppard.