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A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel
An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey/Maturin series, collected and introduced by Patrick O'Brian, beautifully repackaged to mark the centenary of his birth. Patrick O'Brian has unearthed from obscurity the most dynamic travel writing of the sevente ...Show more
Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure by Patrick O'Brian
$29.99 AUD
$32.99 (9% off)
Category: Fiction
Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and elegantly repackaged. On the indigo waters of the South Sea, the crew of a schooner are attacked by a man-eating tiger-shark. In the humid depths of the African jungle, a thirty-f ...Show more
Desolation Island #5 by Patrick O'Brian
$23.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey-Maturin Ser.
Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers. Jack Aubrey is commissioned to come to his rescue. With a beautiful but dangerous spy on board, along with an unwelcome hold full of convicts, and war with America br ...Show more
HMS Surprise #3 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin series
How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance.Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination ...Show more
Master and Commander (#1 Aubrey-Maturin) by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin
In this, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s much lauded Aubrey–Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen. Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, ...Show more
Men-Of-War by Patrick O'Brian
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs ...Show more
Post Captain #2 by Patrick O'Brian
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: AUBREY-MATURIN
Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. At least for now. . . Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentl ...Show more
The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian
$32.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship ...Show more
The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian
$32.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck. A vicious attack by Malay pirates is repulsed, but the makeshift vessel burns, and they are truly marooned. Their e ...Show more
The Nutmeg of Consolation #14 by Patrick O'Brian
$19.99 AUD
$27.99 (28% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the fourt ...Show more