Patrick O'Brian
7) The truelove
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Publication Date
1993, c1992
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Publication Date
©1996
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The continuing saga of the Royal Navy's Captain Jack Aubrey, now being sued by slaveholders for the ships he confiscated off Africa. At the same his wife is after him for his affair with a mistress. Things improve when he goes to sea to fight the French and captures a ship with gold.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Publication Date
1991, c1979
Physical Desc
329 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack Aubrey, commander of the best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy, leaves the Dutch East Indies to return to England in a dispatch vessel, but the outbreak of the War of 1812 delays his journey and draws him into bloody battle.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Publication Date
1994, ©1981
Physical Desc
367 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sudden turn of events takes Jack Aubrey, now a senior captain, and his friend, surgeon, and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, on a dangerous mission to the Greek islands.
18) The golden ocean
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Publication Date
1996
Physical Desc
285 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([28] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.), 1 map (37 x 37 cm.), and 1 index sheet.
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...