The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Including facsimile of the manuscript)

O'Brian, Patrick (Foreword by William Waldegrave)

ISBN 10: 0007194692 / ISBN 13: 9780007194698

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers [Harper Collins], London, 2004

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2004. xiv, 136pp. Slight browning to page edges. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition with no inscriptions. The price clipped dust jacket has just a little wear but is overall in excellent condition. The jacket is covered with removable clear plastic for protection. "At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin ? the greatest friendship of modern literatureThe story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen when Jack Aubrey receives the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. This new novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of O?Brian?s death, would have been a chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. As the novel opens, we are able to visit these friends we have followed so very far in a rare state of almost perfect felicity. Jack has seen his illegitimate son ably discharging important duties. Sophie and his daughters are with him; Brigid is with her father, she's thriving, and Stephen is with a woman who is very dear to him. Jack, at last, is flying a rear-admiral's flag aboard a ship of the line. The chapters left on O?Brian?s death are presented here both in printed version ? including his corrections to the typescript ? and a facsimilie of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript and includes marginal notes by O?Brian. And so this great ?roman fleuve? comes to an end with Jack, with his ?sacred blue flag?, sailing through fair, sweet days ? Stephen with his dissections and new love, Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese? Of course, we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O?Brian?s powers of observation, his humour and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end.".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Including facsimile of the manuscript)
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers [Harper Collins], London
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007194692
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007194698
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good Plus
• État de la jaquette: Very Good Plus
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literature
  • Maritime/Naval

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Synopsis

At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from Blue at the Mizzen. These are the chapters he had completed of the final voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin – the greatest friendship of modern literature

The story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen when Jack Aubrey receives the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. This new novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of O’Brian’s death, would have been a chronicle of that mission, and much else besides.

As the novel opens, we are able to visit these friends we have followed so very far in a rare state of almost perfect felicity. Jack has seen his illegitimate son ably discharging important duties. Sophie and his daughters are with him; Brigid is with her father, she's thriving, and Stephen is with a woman who is very dear to him. Jack, at last, is flying a rear-admiral's flag aboard a ship of the line.

The chapters left on O’Brian’s death are presented here both in printed version – including his corrections to the typescript – and a facsimilie of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript and includes marginal notes by O’Brian.

And so this great ‘roman fleuve’ comes to an end with Jack, with his ‘sacred blue flag’, sailing through fair, sweet days – Stephen with his dissections and new love, Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese… Of course, we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O’Brian’s powers of observation, his humour and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end.

‘There is nothing in this century that rivals Patrick O’Brian’s achievement in his chosen genre. His novels embrace with loving clarity the full richness of the 18th-century world. They embody the cruelty of battle, the comedy of men’s lives, the uncertain fears that plague their hearts; and yet, not far away, is the vision of an ideal existence.’ Amanda Foreman, New York Times

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick O’Brian was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He lived for many years in south west France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.