Patrick O'Brian

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

Patrick O'Brian

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

Books by Patrick O'Brian

  • H. M. S. Surprise

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 3, Hardback, 1995

    "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press
  • The Fortune of War

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 6, Hardback, 1996

    "A marvellously full-flavoured, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat."—Times Literary Supplement
  • The Ionian Mission

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 8, Hardback, 1996

    "O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mission is another rattling good yarn."—Stephen Vaughan, The Observer
  • Treason's Harbour

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 9, Hardback, 1996

    "The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."—J. de Courcy Ireland
  • The Far Side of the World

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 10, Hardback, 1995

    The inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe.
  • The Reverse of the Medal

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 11, Hardback, 1996

    "An overwhelming, outstanding novel...!"—Irish Times
  • The Commodore

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 17, Hardback, 1995

    The seventeenth novel in the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series of naval tales, which the New York Times Book Review has described as "the best historical novels ever written."
  • Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy

    Patrick O'Brian

    Hardback, 1998

    A concise overview, richly illustrated, of the historical background to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels.
  • The Unknown Shore

    Patrick O'Brian

    Hardback, 1996

    An immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, displaying all the splendid prose and attention to detail that O'Brian's readers expect.
  • The Yellow Admiral

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 18, Hardback, 1996

    "There are those already planning this afternoon's trip to the bookstore. Their only reaction is: Thank god, Patrick O'Brian is still writing. To you, I say, not a moment to lose."—John Balzar, Los...