Dimensions
130 x 197 x 30mm
In the last decade, Patrick O'Brian's novels of seafaring during the Napoleonic Wars have attracted legions of devoted fans around the world, as well as growing interest in the novels' reclusive creator. Many assumed that O'Brian himself was the model for his polymathic naval surgeon and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin. But the truth is less simple and more intriguing, as Dean King reveals in this vivid and illuminating biography, which traces the connections between O'Brian's carefully guarded past - both real and imagined - and his writing.
