"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...
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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.
In Aldous Huxley's f...
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In the following review, McGonigle discusses the moral difficulties explored in Testimonies.
Questions are being asked as Testimonies opens. Something terrible must have happened. Questions do not get...
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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 a...
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Patrick O'Brian
Critical Essay by John Bayley
Genoa: You'll wonder why Columbus left
