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The career of Conor Cruise O'Brien reads like the work of several people, not just one. Having served as a diplomat under Sean MacBride, he came to world prominence as...

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement...

Statesman, political thinker, orator, and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the most brilliant figures of the eighteenth century. This unorthodox biography focuses on Burke's thoughts, responses, and actions...

As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of...

The third book in the O'Brien City Series, Discover Galway traces the history of one of Ireland's best-loved and most visited towns. The city's landmarks and buildings are examined in...

The Complete Short Stories is the most comprehensive collection of O'Brian's short fiction ever published. An essential volume, certain to enchant O'Brian admirers as well as readers who are fortunate...

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the ancient Celtic kingdoms to the turbulent struggles of the modern era, A Concise History of Ireland presents a sweeping and authoritative narrative of...

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Flann O'Brien's first novel is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense. Operating on many levels it incorporates plots within plots, giving full rein to O'Brien's dancing intellect...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Malta, in 1813, is ostensibly a safe harbour, yet the island is a nest of French spies, and even those in...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAnne Clissmann's Flann O'Brien: A Critical Introduction to His Writings is an authoritative and comprehensive scholarly study of one of...

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are now widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command - until...

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Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar...

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Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Entrusted with a secret mission, the perils of the South China Sea await. In the fight against the French, a treaty...

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Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have...

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The fifteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel in which Jack finds himself re-united with the Surprise, but dangerously out of touch with his crew. All the elements that have made Patrick O'Brian's astonishing...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Britain and America are newly at war, and Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught in the very thick of the...

Author: Petty Officer Harry PriceBinding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, Exeter, England, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stain on FEP. Presented as a facsimile of Harry...

Who'd have thought a potty-mouthed Dublin mammy with a cream cardigan and elasticated tan tights could storm British TV screens and leave a nation helpless with laughter? Brendan O'Carroll performs...