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A purple ocean, vast under the sky and devoid of all visible life apart from two minute ships racing across its immensity. Patrick obrian, cbe 12 december 1914 2 january 2000, born richard patrick russ, was an english novelist and translator, best known for his aubreymaturin series of sea novels set in the royal navy during the napoleonic wars, and centred on the friendship of the english naval captain jack aubrey and the irishcatalan physician stephen maturin. Buy the winedark sea by patrick obrian from waterstones today. Publishers weekly is providing free digital access to our magazine, archive, and website. This book, a particularly fine example of obrians craft, is part. In this installment of o brian s maritime epic, captain aubrey and the crew of the surprise are pursuing an american privateer through the great south sea. The aubreymaturin series became a major hit later on in his life while he was in his seventies after it caught the eyes of an american publisher.
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