Desolation Island

图书标准信息

• 作者 Patrick O\\\'Brian 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 1979-03
• ISBN 9780006499244
• 定价 84.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 350页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

PatrickO’Brian’sAubrey-Maturintalesarewidelyacknowledgedtobethegreatestseriesofhistoricalnovelseverwritten.CommissionedtorescueGovernorBlighofBountyfame,CaptainJackAubreyandhisfriendandsurgeon,StephenMaturin,sailtheLeopardtoAustraliawithaholdfullofconvicts.Amongthemisabeautifulanddangerousspy—andatreacherousdiseasewhichdecimatesthecrew.TheingredientsofawonderfullypowerfulanddramaticO’Briannovelareheightenedbydescriptivewritingofrarequality.NowhereincontemporaryprosehavethemajestyandterroroftheseabeenmoreeffectivelyrenderedthaninthethrillingchasethroughanAntarcticstorminwhichJack’sship,under-mannedandout-gunned,isthequarrynotthehunter.

【作者简介】

PatrickO'Brian,untilhisdeathin2000,wasoneofourgreatestcontemporarynovelists.HeistheauthoroftheacclaimedAubrey--MaturintalesandthebiographerofJosephBanksandPicasso.HeistheauthorofmanyotherbooksincludingTestimonies,andhisCollectedShortStories.In1995hewasthefirstrecipientoftheHeywoodHillPrizeforalifetime'scontributiontoliterature.InthesameyearhewasawardedtheCBE.In1997hereceivedanhonorarydoctorateoflettersfromTrinityCollege,Dublin.HelivedformanyyearsinSouthWestFranceandhediedinDublininJanuary2000.