{"product_id":"the-thirteen-gun-salute-paperback","title":"The Thirteen Gun Salute - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick O'Brian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life as a privateer. Now he is to shepherd Stephen Maturin--his friend, ship's surgeon, and sometimes intelligence agent--on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes that would put English merchant shipping at risk. Along their journey, Maturin climbs the Thousand Steps of the sacred crater of the orangutans; a killer typhoon catches Aubrey and his crew trying to work the \u003cem\u003eDiane\u003c\/em\u003e off a reef; and, in the barbaric court of Pulo Prabang, a classic duel of intelligence agents unfolds: the French envoys, well entrenched in the Sultan's good graces, against the savage cunning of Stephen Maturin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the Aubrey\/Maturin Series and Patrick O'Brian\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best historical novels ever written.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Richard Snow, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love these books.... [They offer] the same sense of lived experience as Hilary Mantel.... They will sweep you away and return you delighted, increased and stunned. If the phrase 'Napoleonic war fiction' fills you with anticipation, then you don't need me to convince you to read [Patrick] O'Brian. But for the rest of you.... [P]lease, just trust me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Nicola Griffith, NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A few books work their way... onto [bestseller] lists by genuine, lasting excellence--witness \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e, or Patrick O'Brian's sea stories.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like John LeCarré, [O'Brian] has erased the boundary separating a debased genre from 'serious' fiction. O'Brian is a novelist, pure and simple, one of the best we have.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Mark Horowitz, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Patrick O'Brian has] the power of bringing near to the reader... savagery and tenderness, beauty and mystery and boldness and dignity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Eudora Welty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"O'Brian's eloquent admirers include not merely distinguished critics and reviewers but... thousands upon thousands of fervent readers who thank the gods for him.... [H]is work accomplishes nobly the three grand purposes of art: to entertain, to edify, and to awe.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Stephen Becker, \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"O'Brian's narrative... provides endlessly varying shocks and surprises--comic, grim, farcical and tragic. An essential of the truly gripping book for the narrative addict is the creation of a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit, and O'Brian does this with prodigal specificity and generosity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- A. S. Byatt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I prefer the Aubrey-Maturin series to all others.... Every book is packed to absolute straining with erudition, wit, history, and thunderous action.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Joe Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian [is on my shelves].\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Mindy Kaling, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767431233824,"sku":"9781324020530","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3ea167cb654f919ec0d8686b43f86924.webp?v=1780310715","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-thirteen-gun-salute-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}