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A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
34.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
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
22.99 NZD
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- ...Show more
Blue at the Mizzen #20 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: good
For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge. Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaste ...Show more
Clarissa Oakes #15 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
With factions on board, and multiple enemies to contend with, only the most careful navigation will save them. As he sails away from Port Jackson, Captain Jack Aubrey feels nothing but relief at leaving the penal colony and its inhabitants far behind. But, unknown to him, hidden among his crew is on ...Show more
Desolation Island #5 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
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
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin series | Reading Level: very good
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 by Patrick O'Brian
27.99 NZD
33.00 (15% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey & Maturin Series #1 | Reading Level: Adult
Set sail for the read of your life !Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.Master and Commander is the first of ...Show more
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
21.99 NZD
22.99 (4% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Aubrey-Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: good
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick OâÂÂBrianâÂÂs now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive shipâÂÂs surgeon an ...Show more
Master and Commander #1 by Patrick O'Brian
24.99 NZD
27.99 (10% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin | Reading Level: very good
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
Mauritius Command #4 by Patrick O'Brian
19.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ...Show more
Picasso:A Biography by Patrick O'Brian
34.99 NZD
37.99 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Patrick O’Brian’s outstanding biography of Picasso explores comprehensively the life of this awe-inspiring artist. Enormously productive and hugely successful, Picasso continues to attract avid, insatiable public interest. O’Brian was a close friend and a neighbour of Picasso’s, and the book reflects th ...Show more