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Title: The Hundred Days
Author: Patrick OBrian
Narrator: Robert Hardy
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-29-11
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Nineteenth novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series: a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping. With the Napoleonic wars looking all but over, Jack Aubrey was already on his way across the Atlantic to try his fortunes under the flag of the young Chilean republic when Napoleon escaped from Elba. Hurriedly appointed to command a squadron flying the broad pennant of a Commodore, Jack was made flag officer in all but name, to operate within and without the Mediterranean on a number of difficult and dangerous missions in an atmosphere of confused political allegiances and with whatever ships could be scraped together at a moments notice. Conspiracy in the Adriatic, in the Berber and Arab lands of the southern shore of the Mediterranean, night actions, fierce pursuits and the natural wonders of a still colonised North Africa all exert their pull on Jack, now ageing wheezing indeed as he hauls himself aloft and his old friend Stephen Maturin in this the nineteenth novel in a series that has, like the service it depicts, carried all before it.
The latest Aubrey-Maturin novel brings alive the sights and sounds of North Africa as well as the great naval battles in the days immediately following Napoleons escape from Elba.
Critic Reviews:
"You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick OBrian." (Irish Times)
Members Reviews:
Great Historical Series: the best I've ever read!
If you like historical novels, this series is almost impossible to beat. O'Brien is meticulous in his research about the Napoleanic Wars, and shipboard life in the British Navy during that period around the turn of the 19th. Century. Plus his descriptions of naval battles and ship maneuvers are rich in detail and description. All are based upon records of actual battles as described in Captains' Logs and crew memorirs at the U.K. National Naval Archives. His character development is incomparable, and their respective personal interests in music, natural history, science (astral navigation for one) add a depth to the texture of the series that prevent them from becoming monotonous. I have the entire series, and I enjoy rereading them every three years or so. That's unusual. I hardly ever reread fictional works. It's impossible for me to rate his work with less than 5 Stars, both as a series and each book ax a standalone read. A personal all time favorite!
Not his best.
Spoiler alert....don't read my review if you haven't already read the book!
Having said that, this book was the "least necessary" of the series so far. I have not yet read 20 or 21. There are some really interesting opportunities for character development and action...all glossed over. The losses of Diana and Bonden are almost ignored. Some reviewers chalk this up to O'Brian's stoic way of handling death...maybe true...but as a reader it seemed incomplete. Nature, Diana, Ireland and Medicine drive Steven (in that order, I think). Suddenly Diana is gone with about a paragraph devoted to her. So many opportunities for his reflections and sense of loss. It's certainly there...if you dig...but just barely. Same with Bonden. In a flash he's gone...with one sentence devoted to him later on.
As for the plot...opportunities wasted.
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Title: The Hundred Days
Author: Patrick OBrian
Narrator: Robert Hardy
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-29-11
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Nineteenth novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series: a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping. With the Napoleonic wars looking all but over, Jack Aubrey was already on his way across the Atlantic to try his fortunes under the flag of the young Chilean republic when Napoleon escaped from Elba. Hurriedly appointed to command a squadron flying the broad pennant of a Commodore, Jack was made flag officer in all but name, to operate within and without the Mediterranean on a number of difficult and dangerous missions in an atmosphere of confused political allegiances and with whatever ships could be scraped together at a moments notice. Conspiracy in the Adriatic, in the Berber and Arab lands of the southern shore of the Mediterranean, night actions, fierce pursuits and the natural wonders of a still colonised North Africa all exert their pull on Jack, now ageing wheezing indeed as he hauls himself aloft and his old friend Stephen Maturin in this the nineteenth novel in a series that has, like the service it depicts, carried all before it.
The latest Aubrey-Maturin novel brings alive the sights and sounds of North Africa as well as the great naval battles in the days immediately following Napoleons escape from Elba.
Critic Reviews:
"You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick OBrian." (Irish Times)
Members Reviews:
Great Historical Series: the best I've ever read!
If you like historical novels, this series is almost impossible to beat. O'Brien is meticulous in his research about the Napoleanic Wars, and shipboard life in the British Navy during that period around the turn of the 19th. Century. Plus his descriptions of naval battles and ship maneuvers are rich in detail and description. All are based upon records of actual battles as described in Captains' Logs and crew memorirs at the U.K. National Naval Archives. His character development is incomparable, and their respective personal interests in music, natural history, science (astral navigation for one) add a depth to the texture of the series that prevent them from becoming monotonous. I have the entire series, and I enjoy rereading them every three years or so. That's unusual. I hardly ever reread fictional works. It's impossible for me to rate his work with less than 5 Stars, both as a series and each book ax a standalone read. A personal all time favorite!
Not his best.
Spoiler alert....don't read my review if you haven't already read the book!
Having said that, this book was the "least necessary" of the series so far. I have not yet read 20 or 21. There are some really interesting opportunities for character development and action...all glossed over. The losses of Diana and Bonden are almost ignored. Some reviewers chalk this up to O'Brian's stoic way of handling death...maybe true...but as a reader it seemed incomplete. Nature, Diana, Ireland and Medicine drive Steven (in that order, I think). Suddenly Diana is gone with about a paragraph devoted to her. So many opportunities for his reflections and sense of loss. It's certainly there...if you dig...but just barely. Same with Bonden. In a flash he's gone...with one sentence devoted to him later on.
As for the plot...opportunities wasted.