{"product_id":"patrick-obrian-hms-surprise-2007-paperback","title":"Patrick O'Brian: HMS Surprise [2007] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrick 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eH.M.S. Surprise follows the variable fortunes of Captain Jack Aubrey's career in Nelson's navy as he attempts to hold his ground against admirals, colleagues and the enemy, accepting a mission to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies. The voyage takes him and his friend Stephen Maturin to the strange sights and smells of the Indian sub-continent, and through the archipelago of spice islands where the French have a near-overwhelming superiority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eRarely has a novel managed to convey more vividly the fragility of a sailing ship in a wild sea. Rarely has a historical novelist combined action and lyricism of style in the way that O' Brian does. His superb sense of place, brilliant characterisation, and a vigour and joy of writing lift O'Brian above any but the most exalted of comparisons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'brian, Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47783565132115,"sku":"XV80007255856","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-brian-patrick-patrick-o-brian-hms-surprise-2007-paperback-xv80007255856-54821676319059.jpg?v=1709917520","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/patrick-obrian-hms-surprise-2007-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}