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This category is for images of book covers for works by English novelist Patrick O'Brian. Media in category "Patrick O'Brian book cover images" The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.
Patrick O'Brian CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centre on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician ...
Patrick Lyons O’Brien (born July 5, 1960) is an American artist and writer, known for his children's books and for his maritime paintings. The National Maritime Historical Society awarded O’Brien their Distinguished Service Award for his body of artwork in 2012.
Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK.The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey–Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, on which O'Brian continued working until his death in 2000.
John "Jack" Aubrey CB MP JP FRS, [1] [2] is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian.The series of novels portrays his rise from lieutenant to rear admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Patrick O'Brian characters (5 P) Pages in category "Novels by Patrick O'Brian" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Author Patrick O'Brian won the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in 1995, the first such prize offered, for his literary contributions and this novel. In his acceptance speech in July 1995, O'Brian, then age 80, said it was the first literary prize of his adult life, in the amount of 10,000 pounds .
Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760–1806), the tallest person alive in his lifetime; Patrick Joseph O'Brien (1835–1911), Member of Parliament for North Tipperary, 1885–1906; Patrick K. O'Brien (born 1932), British academic and historian; Patrick Thomas O'Brien (born 1951), American actor; Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (1823–1895), Irish ...