The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

patrick o/brian richard snow

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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 fiancée.

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.

Genres historical fictionfictionhistoricaladventureaudiobookmilitary fictionwarliteraturenovelsbritish literature

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2004

Series

Aubrey / Maturin

This edition

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 17, 2004 by W. W. Norton \u0026 Company
ISBN: 9780393060256
ASIN: 039306025X
Language: English

Characters More characters

Jack Aubrey

Rear Admiral Sir John Aubrey, KB, MP, JP, FRS, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick OBrian. The series portrays his rise from Lieutenant to Admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The twenty (and a...
Stephen Maturin

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