The Commodore
by Patrick O'Brian
Taste attributes: adventurehistoricalwarlinearglossybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA wide-ranging adventure novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
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- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 293
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- Open Library
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