The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick Obrian

The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick Obrian

Patrick OBrians Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are to be re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets.

‘…full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein… Patrick O’Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars’
James Hamilton- Paterson

‘You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O’Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.’
Kevin Myers, Irish Times

‘The century’s finest sea stories’
Daily Mail

‘As entertaining as its predecessors. O’Brian is a master of the narrative of action, but he has sustained interest through this long sequence of novels by expanding the genre to which they belong so that it can include much else besides.’
Peter Campbell, London Review of Books

Patrick O’Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He lived for many years in South West France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.

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ISBN 13	9780002234603
ISBN 10	0002234602
Title	The Thirteen-Gun Salute
Author	Patrick Obrian
Series	Aubrey-Maturin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1998-11-16
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Winner of Heywood Hill Literary Prize 1995
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.