Treason's Harbour (Aubrey Maturin, No. 9)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786172819 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 209 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Read by Simon Vance This ninth volume in Patrick O'Brian's beloved Aubrey-Maturin series is full of suspense, taking on the role of both nautical adventure and spy story. All of Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. Maturin's cunning is the sole bulwark against sabotage of Aubrey's daring mission.. While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen Maturin assumes the center stage, for the stockyards and salon
In the 1990s, Mr. During the Second World War, he and his wife were involved in British secret-service activities. O'Brian, then in his seventies, achieved the critical and popular recognition that was his due. . PATRICK O'BRIAN (1914-2000) was born Richard Patrick Russ in England. After the war, he changed his name to Patrick O'Brian and began his career as a novelist, biographer, and translator
Michael Bradley said Simon Vance makes Aubrey/Maturin live. I have been listening to Simon Vance's narration of this series since book 1, Master and Commander. I have listened to many audiobooks including many free ones from Librivox.org read by well-intentioned, very generous people from around the world for whom English is a second language, and by Americans who don't look up the pronunciation of specialized terms. Th. "Importance of the Audiobook Reader" according to Myrna Moran. I thought that I had ordered the book read by Simon Vance but I received one read by Patrick Tull. I prefer Simon Vance's version and that's the one I thought I had ordered.. Good but not great R. E. Statham I love this series, and while I'm glad I read this installment, in order to understand the overall continuity of the entire series, it's not one of his very best. A definite four stars, however- well written and well read.
An essential of the truly gripping book for the narrative addict is the creation of a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit, and O'Brian does this with prodigal specificity and generosity.'' --A.S. Byatt . ''A splendid saga.'' --Los Angeles Times Book Review''Splendid adventurespolished, historically accurate, and intensely pleasurable.'' --Kirkus Reviews''Certainly the greatest series about the British Navy ever written - indeed, one of the most successful of its magnitude ever written in any genre.'' --Publishers Weekly''O'Brian's narrative provides endlessly varying shocks and surprises-comic, grim, farcical and tragic