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Crimes Against Liberty
21 by Patrick O’Brian 21
by Patrick O’Brian
read by Simon Vance
General Fiction • Unabridged
Family Friendly
Format EAN/ISBN Avail. Price Sale Qty.
2 CDs* 9781433229589 YES $40.00 $20.00
1 MP3CD 9781433229619 YES $19.95 NA
1 Playaway 9781433269448 YES $39.99 NA
2 Tapes* 9781433229572 YES $34.95 $17.48
* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
Book ID(5198) - 1.9 hrs (est.), Published - 09/01/08
DESCRIPTION

Subtitle: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

In response to the interest of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series.

Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death are presented here both in printed version—including his corrections to the typescript—and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript to include a duel between Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer who is courting his fiancee.

Of course we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation, his humor, and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end.



REVIEWS

“For Aubrey/Maturin addicts, there could be no better gift: a new, albeit incomplete, story with freshly piquant details, wry humor and salty nautical action….this fragmentary but worthy addition to the series is truly the end of a literary era....”—Publishers Weekly

“A lovely and welcome oddity….Correctly deciding that it would be impossible if not sacrilegious to hire a writer to complete successfully a work no more than a quarter finished, thereby placing one of the 20th-century's finest prose stylists among the ranks of the undead that populate the thriller and crime shelves in the bookstores, Norton has instead taken the high road and released this tantalizing beginning as O'Brian left it….The effect is tantalizing, touching, and powerful….It's all there. The wonderful language. The leisurely pace. The rich detail. There's just no end. Readers will be left to their dreams.”—Kirkus Reviews

“[Offers] O’Brian’s trademark humor and eagle-eyed observations....[A] small, unfinished masterpiece.”—Bookmarks Magazine

“[T]his all too brief introduction to another salty adventure will provide scholars and O'Brian aficionados with intimate insight into the author's creative process.”—Booklist



PATRICK O'BRIAN (1914-2000) was born Richard Patrick Russ in England. During World War II, he and his wife were involved in British secret-service activities. After the war he changed his name to Patrick O'Brian. He began his career as a novelist, biographer, and translator. Starting in the 1990s, Mr. O'Brian, then in his seventies, achieved the critical and popular recognition that was his due.





* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
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