Patrick O'Brian (December 12, 1914–January 2, 2000; original name Richard Patrick Russ) was a novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Sourced "Come," he said,...
"The historical fiction-reading public is divided into two groups," declared Booklist critic Brad Hooper. "Those who love Patrick O'Brian already and those who stand to fall in love with him once they've read him." O'Brian, who died in early 2000,...
Patrick O'Brian, CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on...
Brennan, Georgina Irish Voice 11-18-2003 WAS Patrick O'Brian Irish? Actually, the question should be: Why did an Englishman proclaim to the world that he was an Irishman, going so far as to die in Dublin? After all, on the surface O'Brian was...
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Genoa, if you ignore the debate amongst scholars, is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But after visiting the famed historic port, you might wonder why the explorer ever left.Tricked out in all the wealth of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it must have been stunning....
In the following essay, Bayley discusses O'Brian's series of novels about Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin and praises the author's gifts as a novelist.
