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Title details for The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian - Available

The Far Side of the World

#10 in series

by Patrick O'Brian
Kati Nicholl
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An enemy frigate is outward bound to play havoc with the vital British whaling trade, and must be stopped at all costs. Racing against time, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must chase the USS Norfolk as she rounds Cape Horn, pursuing her into the Great South Sea and beyond. Following the equator, ahead of them lies not only the natural wonders of the Galapagos but also a succession of disasters – men overboard, castaways, typhoons, shipwrecks, to say nothing of murder and criminal insanity. In a deadly game of cat and mouse with their American foes, will Jack Aubrey and his crew triumph, despite the odds? 'If O'Brian's novels have become a cult, this is because they are truly addictive. . . They are, quite magnificently, adventure yarns whose superb authenticity never distracts from the sheer thrill of the action.'CAROLINE MOORE, Sunday Telegraph 'I love these books . . . They will sweep you away and return you delighted, increased and stunned'NICOLA GRIFFITH, NPR

  • Creators

  • Series

    Aubrey & Maturin

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 15, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780007217281
      • File size: 77631 KB
      • Duration: 02:41:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The narrative and the narrator are as well matched in this series of British seafaring adventures as Captain Aubrey and his "small, elderly, but sweet sailing frigate, SURPRISE" This book features intrigues of Napoleonic espionage in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.Tull's vocal virtuosity has a widely disparate group of O'Brian's salty characters upon which to work, from the powerful, but endearing, Captain Aubrey, to the quiet, scientific landlubber, Dr. Maturin. Hearing the vernacular of the early nineteeth-century English navy, complete with the clipped tones of the stuffy upper-class officers and the heavily accented slang of the lowly seaman, the listener feels he's right on board ship. Occasionally, though, the heaviness of the accents and speed of delivery border on the unintelligible. The collaboration of the two Patricks in this series is producing brilliant results. J.D.N. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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