First Edition, Hardcover Quarto bound in red cloth boards and has 320 pages. Gilt titles to the spine only, dust jacket near fine and is not price-clipped but is lightly creased. Previous owner’s inscription on the front end-paper, some foxing can be seen on the top edges. Overall, the book and the binding are in very good condition.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Uniquely among authors of naval fiction, Patrick O'Brian allows his characters to develop with experience.
The Jack Aubrey of Treason's Harbour has a record of successes equal to that of the most brilliant of Nelson's band of brothers, and he is no less formidable or decisive in action or strategy. But he is wiser, kinder, and gentler too. Much of the plot of Treason's Harbour depends on intelligence and counter-intelligence, a field in which Aubrey's friend Stephen Maturin excels.
Through him we get a clearer insight into the life and habits of the sea officers of Nelson's time than we would ever obtain seeing things through their own eyes. There is plenty of action and excitement in this novel, but it is the atmosphere of a Malta crowded with senior officers waiting for news of what the French are up to, and wondering whether the war will end before their turn comes for prize money and for fame, that is here so freshly and vividly conveyed.
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- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 213 x 140 mm
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