LEADER 01540ojm 2200265z- 450 001 9910148879403321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-721729-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923957 035 $a(BIP)014060345 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923957 100 $a20231107c2005uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aMaster and Commander 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aIn this, the first of Patrick O'Brian's much lauded Aubrey-Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character.1800. Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen.Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, along with his crew, and new friend and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, must patrol a Mediterranean fraught with peril but rich with rewards. A glimpse of white sails on the horizon could mean a prize to be taken - or a fight for survival.'In Aubrey and Maturin, Patrick O'Brian has created two of the most enjoyable characters in twentieth-century fiction. One of the greatest authors to sail with.'MICHAEL PALIN'There are two types of people in the world: Patrick O'Brian fans, and people who haven't read him yet.'LUCY EYRE, Guardian 517 $aMaster and Commander 676 $a823/.914 700 $aO'Brian$b Patrick$f1914-2000$0780171 702 $aTeller$b Neville$4oth 702 $aHardy$b Robert$f1925-2017$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148879403321 996 $aMaster and Commander$93649799 997 $aUNINA