Patrick O'Brian, the late author of the immensely popular Aubrey-Maturin novels, zealously guarded the details of his past. Now Dean King - an expert on nautical literature and on O'Brian's novels - unveils the story of Richard Patrick Russ, a writer and intellectual who emerged from the Second World War as Patrick O'Brian, a persona created in his own imagination and later refined by decades of rumour and speculation. Drawing on interviews with relatives (including O'Brian's brother and son), friends and colleagues of his famously reclusive subject, King has fashioned a wealth of information into a dramatic and illuminating account of O'Brian's life and work.
- ISBN10 0805059768
- ISBN13 9780805059762
- Publish Date 15 March 2000
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 16
- Language English