The Yellow Admiral Tapa dura - 1996
de Patrick O'Brian
Set in brilliant counterpoint to the fall and rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the latest high-seas adventure by the bestselling author of The Commodore chronicles the fall and rise of Captain Jack Aubrey of the British Royal Navy. Now a considerable though impoverished landowner, Aubrey has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting in Parliament. Worse yet, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out.
Descripción de contraportada
Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's long-awaited sequel to his bestseller The Commodore. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the admiralty by his erratic voting as a member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; he is on even worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour: In the storm waters off Brest he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivory, but this at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds into Jack's private fear about his career: the prospect of being "yellowed", or nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without any squadron to command. Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
Detalles
- Título The Yellow Admiral
- Autor Patrick O'Brian
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First edition
- Páginas 272
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Fecha de publicación 1996
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780393040449 / 0393040445
- Peso 1.1 libras (0.50 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.51 x 5.9 x 1.05 pulgadas (21.62 x 14.99 x 2.67 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Mediterranean
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Sea stories
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 96024149
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Booklist, 09/15/1996, Page 222
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/1996, Page 1261
- Library Journal, 06/15/1996, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/15/1996, Page 50
- New York Times, 11/03/1996, Page 9
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1996, Page 84
- Publishers Weekly, 09/16/1996, Page 70
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