Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian (December 12 1914 – January 2 2000; original name Richard Patrick Russ) was a novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on the friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey and an Irish–Catalan physician, naturalist and intelligence agent, Stephen Maturin. The 20 novel series is notable for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language.

Bibliography

The Aubrey–Maturin series

See the Aubrey–Maturin series article.

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Fiction (Non-Serial)

• Caesar (1930, his first book, which led him to be often labelled by critics as the 'boy-Thoreau')
• Hussein (1938)
• Testimonies (1952)
• The Catalans (1954)
• The Golden Ocean (1956)
• The Unknown Shore (1959)
• Richard Temple (1962)
• The Rendezvous and other stories

Non-Fiction

• Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (1974)
• Picasso (1976; originally titled Pablo Ruiz Picasso)
• Joseph Banks: A Life (1987) The Harvill Press, London. Paperback reprint, 1989. ISBN 1-86046-406-8