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Title: The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0-393-30813-8 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: O'Brian mixes history and espionage well
Comment: Of the early Aubrey-Maturin novels, this is my favorite! O'Brian has dug deeply into historical reality to place his characters in the middle of the War of 1812, making real-life sea heroes like Bainbridge, Lawrence and Broke come alive in their scenes with Aubrey. What's more, O'Brian finally lifts the veil off Maturin's espionage, as Stephen's previous activities have blown his cover, and enraged the U.S.-based French intelligence officers who hope to make him pay big-time. Less talk, more action than in earlier books, as French and American spymasters hunt down Maturin in Boston. Yet he has time for another coup, and Aubrey recovers from serious injuries to show amazing resourcefulness and courage in engineering Maturin's escape. Regarding the obligatory-and-thrilling battle scenes, American readers will cheer the USS Constitution's capture of HMS Java, and mourn anew the bloody defeat of Lawrence's USS Chesapeake by the determined Captain Broke of HMS Shannon. O'Brian does an excellent job of describing just how seriously the little US Navy humiliated the Brits during the Second War of Independence. Finally, O'Brian plucks the romantic heartstrings with grace as he renews Maturin's and Diana Villiers' relationship (which I'd earlier found unconvincing) in a most unusual fashion.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Fortune of War
Comment: An excellent book, though no less could be expected from O'Brian. I took a considerable amount of time off between Desolation Island and this book so the characters and the nautical terms were a little unfamiliar to me. After the first twenty pages or so the characters, terms and myself came together like three old friends laughing and remembering our past adventures.
O'Brian re-introduces characters from his previous books (Diana Villiers, Michael Herapath and Louisa Wogan) which I found tiresome from his previous works. In this book, however, O'Brian uses these three characters to great effect. To see my old friend Stephen Maturin become the ruthless spy I always wanted him to be was exhilirating.
This is an excellent book and should be read by anyone who professes a liking for sea stories or historical fiction. Any bibliophile who is aimlessly scanning these reviews and has not read this series should start as soon as possible. Any O'Brian fan who wants to know if this tale is as good as the others in the Aubrey-Maturin series, let not your heart be troubled, it is excellent.
Rating: 5
Summary: Aubrey and Maturin Are Captured By The Americans!
Comment: Patrick O'Brian's "The Fortune of War" is yet another riveting installment in his Aubrey/Maturin series of novels. Offered command of the Royal Navy's fastest, most heavily armored, frigate, Jack Aubrey races home with his old friend Stephen Maturin across the Pacific aboard a small vessel which sinks off the coast of Patagonia. Rescued by HMS Java, they are captured by the Americans when Java surrenders to US Navy frigate USS Constitution after a brief duel between both ships. Soon they find themselves in the United States, reunited with Diana Villiers, Stephen's old flame, and involved in some espionage on the streets of Boston. Stephen's past as a British secret agent working against Napoleon will soon haunt him. Eventually they will witness one of the bloodiest engagements between the British and American navies; one of several notable single ship duels fought during the opening months of the war.
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Title: Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393308634 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393307611 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393309606 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393308626 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393307069 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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