Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels of Patrick Obrian
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786406844 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He is a writer and business consultant living in Los Angeles. at Oxford. A native of England raised in a Royal Navy family, Anthony Gary Brown earned his Ph.D
"Terrific Resource" according to Susan Wenger. This book is an invaluable resource for the O'Brian fan. Knowing the allusion to real people and the historical background tremendously enhances my enjoyment of the O'Brian series - well worth re-reading all nineteen books with this reference in hand, looking up the name of each character, animal, ship and cannon for the delicious humor of knowing WHY O'Brian named each entity as he did. A five-star book!. "I recommend it without reservation to every O'Brian fan!" according to A Customer. I've been sampling this book for a couple of weeks and I can't tell you how much I've been enjoying it! For a fan of the Aubrey/Maturin books its almost as good as having a new POB come out! I think of someone I want to look up, then by the time I've read that entry I've been led to another, and then another and I keep stumbling on the most amazing facts and interesting historical stories.While just keeping track of all the nam. "An extraordinary reference books about extraordinary novels." according to Bruce Trinque. Anthony Gary Brown's "Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels" is a wonderful resource for anyone who loves the nautical fiction of Patrick O'Brian. The depth and breadth of research evident in this companion volume to the Aubrey-Maturin series is truly awe-inspiring. Every "proper name" reference -- no matter how slight or obscure -- has been diligently tracked and, where ever possible the historica
This book catalogues every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in Patrick O''Brian''s 19 volume series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.'
Invaluable as much for its reference use as its wit, Brown's book deserves a place on the shelf along with O'Brian's corpus. This series has developed a strong and loyal following; but many readers will need a little help matching the author's erudition. The entries for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin compose two different distillations of the series, each from one of the character's points of view; each of the rest of the entries--from Abbas Effendi to Zwingerius--details the character or institution'