Joseph Banks by Patrick O'brian
Sir Joseph Banks, botanist, explorer, President of the Royal Society and one of Australia's founding fathers, was among the most influential figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.-
Master and Commander
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Post Captain
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The Mauritius Command
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Desolation Island
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HMS Surprise
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The Letter of Marque
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The Surgeons Mate
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The Ionian Mission
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The Fortune of War
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The Reverse of the Medal
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The Wine-Dark Sea
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Clarissa Oakes
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The Nutmeg of Consolation
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The Yellow Admiral
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute
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Treasons Harbour
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The Commodore
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The Hundred Days
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The Far Side of the World
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Blue at the Mizzen
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The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
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The Truelove
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The Unknown Shore
O'Brian has done the reading public a service by unwrapping so elegantly and wittily a great man previously known only to specialists and academicsThe book is a crackerjack -- Michael Fathers * Independent *
An absorbing finely-written overview... of a major figure in the history of natural science * Los Angeles Times *
Patrick O'Brian's leisurely and witty biography brings this 'genuine' Englishman fully to life... Banks epitomises the intrepid Englishman abroad... the prototype of the scientist dispassionately investigating all that befell him * London Magazine *
O'Brian reveals not only a well-researched understanding of his subject, but also an unabashed liking for him... Certainly any reader of this excellent book will close its final pages with a similar affection for Banks -- Michael Dirda * Smithsonian *
An absorbing finely-written overview... of a major figure in the history of natural science * Los Angeles Times *
Patrick O'Brian's leisurely and witty biography brings this 'genuine' Englishman fully to life... Banks epitomises the intrepid Englishman abroad... the prototype of the scientist dispassionately investigating all that befell him * London Magazine *
O'Brian reveals not only a well-researched understanding of his subject, but also an unabashed liking for him... Certainly any reader of this excellent book will close its final pages with a similar affection for Banks -- Michael Dirda * Smithsonian *
Patrick O'Brian's oeuvre includes the magnificent Aubrey and Maturin novels about the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars, a biography of Picasso, and distinguished translations of Simone de Beauvoir, André Maurois and Jacques Soustelle. Patrick O'Brian was born in 1914 and spent his later years in France. He died in January 2000.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860464065 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860464068 |
| Title | Joseph Banks |
| Author | Patrick O'brian |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-11-28 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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