The Yellow Admiral

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.

First sentence: Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St James's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being.

Year

2000

Language

English

Series

Aubrey-Maturin (18)

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Editions

18

Pages

262

ISBN

9780393317046

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