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"The best historical novels ever written." —Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review

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"I haven’t read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O’Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn’t stop." -- E. O. Wilson - Boston Globe
"Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." -- James Hamilton-Paterson - New Republic
"A first-rate tale of the sea…I read it with absorption and satisfaction." -- Robertson Davies

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    Publisher: WW Norton & Co
    Publication Date: 25/07/1991
    ISBN13: 9780393307610, 978-0393307610
    ISBN10: 0393307611
    Also in:
    Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    "The best historical novels ever written." —Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review

    Trade Review
    "I haven’t read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O’Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn’t stop." -- E. O. Wilson - Boston Globe
    "Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." -- James Hamilton-Paterson - New Republic
    "A first-rate tale of the sea…I read it with absorption and satisfaction." -- Robertson Davies

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