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“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.” —Time

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"Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them… a brilliant book." -- Mary Renault
"[Patrick O’Brian] has created characters and stories that are part of my life.… His Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece." -- David Mamet - New York Times

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A Paperback / softback by Patrick O'Brian

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    Publisher: WW Norton & Co
    Publication Date: 15/06/2021
    ISBN13: 9780393541595, 978-0393541595
    ISBN10: 0393541592
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    “If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.” —Time

    Trade Review
    "Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them… a brilliant book." -- Mary Renault
    "[Patrick O’Brian] has created characters and stories that are part of my life.… His Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece." -- David Mamet - New York Times

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