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Lädt ... The Letter of Marque (Original 1988; 1997. Auflage)von Patrick O'Brian
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. En esta entrega de la serie, después de ser apartado de la marina por un delito que no ha cometido, Jack Aubrey acepta la oferta de su amigo Maturin, enriquecido al recibir una herencia, de ponerse al mando de la mítica Surprise para hacer al corso por el canal de la Mancha. Tras unos extraordinarios éxitos en la lucha contra los franceses, Aubrey parece en una posición inmejorable para que su cargo le sea restituido, y para conseguirlo acepta entrar en política. Pero una parte importante de la novela se centra en Maturin, quien parece a punto de conseguir reflotar su matrimonio, aunque para ello deberá viajar a Suecia donde, según sus últimas noticias, su esposa tiene un nuevo amante. El tema de la droga (Maturin ha estado experimentando con el láudano y la hoja de coca) es otro de los puntos centrales del relato, así como la música, en este caso las oberturas operísticas italianas. In Vol.XI of Robert's Adventures in Napoleonic Naval Literature, the protagonist found himself wearied and despondant, wondering whether it was "worth it" to go on. THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN CURTAILED IN PROTEST AT GOODREADS' CENSORSHIP POLICY See the complete review here: http://arbieroo.booklikes.com/post/334864/post keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: In the early 1800s, the British Navy stands as the only bulwark against the militant fanaticism of Napoleonic France. Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he has not committed. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually acting as the ship's surgeon to cover his activities on behalf of British intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his old ship, the Surprise, to command as a privateer. Together they will sail on a desperate mission against the French that, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. In this twelfth installment of the beloved Aubrey-Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian has created another tale of great narrative power. O'Brian's attention to period detail and his ability to weave excitement and high seas adventure into every yarn make his novels utterly delightful must-haves. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I can't say it's a favorite installment of the series. It feels, perhaps, as if having set up a shocking reversal of Jack's fortunes at the end of the previous volume, O'Brian then had to spend the length of this one just writing his way back out of it again, making it feel more like an odd little interlude than anything. And I did have an issue with it that I sometimes have with these books, in that for maybe the first third of it I frequently had no idea what was even going on. Someone would explain a complicated naval situation and end it with the equivalent of "you understand what I'm getting at here, right?" and while the person they were talking to always did, well, your humble land-lubbing reader here, not so much.
Fortunately, though, after a while either I finally got my sea-legs back, so to speak, or O'Brian started putting things more simply for me, and after that I did enjoy it more. Character-wise Jack feels very consistent, although there's nothing that feels like it adds much insight into him: basically he takes the whole matter pretty much exactly as you would expect. But there's some very nice stuff with Stephen towards the end, and one or two of O'Brian's typical moments of delightful humor. So not bad, in the end, but still not exactly a standout. ( )