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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780393312447 ISBN: 0393312445 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 1994-10 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: 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. As is his custom, O'Brian grabs your attention with the first, beautifully memorable sentence: "A purple ocean, vast under the sky and devoid of all visible life apart from two minute ships racing across its immensity." And he doesn't relinquish it until 260 pages later, by which point Jack Aubrey is delighted at the mere fact of being alive. Product Description: At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the great South Sea. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - stirring adventure, strong characters, and gentle good humorOne of the best of the series, and its combination of stirring adventure, strong characters, and gentle good humor leaves me a bit ahoo that only one more remains in the series. Seventeenth in the series: The Commodore (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 17.) Rating:  - Epic series keeps going strongFrom the opening chapter of "The Wine-Dark Sea," the 16th book in Patrick O'Brian's hallowed Master & Commander series, the reader knows that something special is going on. Aubrey and Maturin sail their privateer, the Surprise, into waters made lethal by an erupting volcano that has just emerged from the sea, spewing lava and death. No other writer could so effortlessly blend natural beauty and naval drama (for an enemy American ship is close by). "WDS" is a rollicking novel, even ... Read More Rating: - very impressedVery impressed with this book. I really enjoyed when they went to Peru. This is my 3rd of his books and really enjoyed this. Rating: - Don't Read This Book. . .. . .without first reading Truelove. Wine Dark Sea is the 16th book in the Aubrey/Marturin series and as usual, the writing is as rhythmic and sensual as the sea itself. O'Brian does his usual great job of spiking the plot with layers of meaning and twists and turns. He is also at his best in emphasizing the 'novel' part of his historical-novel niche. If this is your first experience of the series though, you might find the characters and motivations ... Read More Rating: - Amazing, As UsualWine-Dark Sea is the sixteenth in Patrick O'Brian's wonderful 20-part nautical series. It is also the final in a four-part mini-series, as volumes thirteen through sixteen are an ongoing circumnavigation of the world. In this installment, Aubrey and Maturin and the HMS Surprise finish their adventures in the Pacific, land in Peru and then round the Cape into the Atlantic on their way home to England. For fans of the naval wars, there are some good 'ol rip-roaring chase and battle scenes. The Maturin ... Read More |
