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An artifact collector hires Dugger who seeks his abducted wife.
Patrick O'Brian follows the wake of a young American in search of exotic treasure.
The Catalans
Love triangle involves two brothers and a complex girl.
John Paul Jones
A fresh look at America's first sea warrior.
 
 
 


Your price: $37.95

by Anthony Gary Brown B.A., M.Phil., D.Phil.

For 2006 there’s a new – somewhat re-named – edition of Gary Brown’s biographical companion to the world of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, the invaluable Patrick O’Brian Muster Book:

 ~  All the characters (and ships, and animals, and ships and cannon….)  for all 20 books of the series - which of course ended with O’Brian’s death in 2001 – plus the recently published 21st fragment
~  Extensive revision of all existing entries to take account of new research, and to correct past errors and omissions
~   A new Introductory Chapter giving the historical background and inspiration for the plot of each of the 21 books
~  An extensive Biography of Patrick and Mary O’Brian
~  A new expanded Bibliography and Research Resources section, full annotated; both Web and Library resources for Patrick O’Brian’s Wooden World and general Naval History are included 
~  In all, approximately 500 pages (150 pages more than the 1999 First Edition), with many hundreds of new entries; hardback, library-binding, exquisite cover

Here’s what the experts said about the first edition:

  • Brown  “… brings to the task an erudition that is a worthy match for O'Brian's and, as a result, his book is one of those works of reference that it is genuinely difficult to put down, with one entry cross-referencing to another in an enthralling intellectual trail'”--Colin White, Deputy Director of The Royal Naval Museum, Director for the National Maritime Museum of ‘Trafalgar 200’, and author of
    ’The Nelson Encyclopedia: People, Places, Battles, Ships, Myths, Mistresses, Memorials, and Memorabilia’ 

  • “An astonishing piece of work … and a valuable one too.  A substantial tribute to O’Brian”-- Richard Snow, Editor of American Heritage Magazine

  • “As indispensable as a mainmast or a compass for any reader who would put to sea in [Jack and Stephen’s] company”-- Lewis Lapham, Editor of Harper’s Magazine

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    McFarland, 2006, 432 Pages,  10X8. H, List Price $49.95, Your price $37.95, Book Number B00255.  Go to top.