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| Original Title: | Desolation Island |
| ISBN: | 039330812X (ISBN13: 9780393308129) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Aubrey & Maturin #5 |
| Characters: | Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin |
Patrick O'Brian
Paperback | Pages: 350 pages Rating: 4.4 | 11732 Users | 465 Reviews
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| Title | : | Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5) |
| Author | : | Patrick O'Brian |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 350 pages |
| Published | : | August 17th 1991 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Audiobook. War. Military Fiction |
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"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." —David Mamet, New York TimesCommissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy—and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew.
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Ratings: 4.4 From 11732 Users | 465 ReviewsNotice About Books Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5)
Another great entry in the Aubrey/Maturin series.The narration by Patrick Tull for the audio version was once again excellent.The story itself was one of the weaker ones in my opinion. It's still great, but it moves a bit slower than the best books of the series and spends a lot of the first half of the book on land, leaving the reader wishing that they would just get on the boat already and get to some high seas action. That being said though, I enjoyed all the new characters, I laughed oftenJust not as good: no action (after the explosive beginning) and the remainder of the book spends too much time in Maturin's maudlin head.
This is now my third time reading through this brilliant series and I am reminded again how beautifully written and how wonderfully, addictively enjoyable they are.In The Mauritius Command, Jack is finding shore-bound domestic life somewhat less blissful than he had anticipated, but through Steven's machinations is given command of a squadron to fight in the Indian Ocean where French warships are playing havoc with the Company's trade. As always, there is a gripping, varied narrative and some
A very enjoyable read but not the strongest installment of the series so far. The story this time around lacks side-plots: It is pretty straight-forward from beginning to end, and I didn't find myself too smitten with the new characters. I had expected the convicts to play a larger role in the book, but, contrary to O'Brian's usual fondness for lavish description and social commentary, they are hardly mentioned and remain pretty inconsequential to the whole story, apart from providing a reason
Another great entry in the Aubrey/Maturin series.The narration by Patrick Tull for the audio version was once again excellent.The story itself was one of the weaker ones in my opinion. It's still great, but it moves a bit slower than the best books of the series and spends a lot of the first half of the book on land, leaving the reader wishing that they would just get on the boat already and get to some high seas action. That being said though, I enjoyed all the new characters, I laughed often
It was GREAT! This is the first book in this series that I picked up at the library to listen to. I did not even realize it was part of a whole series until I looked for the title to add to my currently reading shelf.I had seen the movie - Master and Commander, so I knew who the main characters were - their names at least. This book was narrated by Simon Vance. I loved it!I felt like I was right out there on the ocean with the crew. The characters are wonderfully done! The ship is so alive and
By the time any reader of O'Brian's roman fleuve has made it this far, they know that the writing, the characterizations, the mix of history and fiction, humor and horror, romance and philosophy are all brilliantly handled, so no need to effuse in detail.On a fifth and beyond reading, certain patterns emerge: the spy Mrs. Wogan in certain regards seems a trial for another female character who will appear later. At least as interesting is Maturin's troubled internal accounting for his actions in
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