The Hundred Days (Aubrey/Maturin, #19)
ISBN:
9780393088519 (0393088510)
Publish date: December 5th 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Regency,
Action,
Maritime
Series: Aubrey & Maturin (#19)
It's been a while and I'd forgotten about O'Brian's delicious prose. Delicious prose like ice-cream that's full of flavour and goes down smoothly. Prose that makes a statement. Makes a statement then repeats it, expanding upon it. Prose that really is way harder to imitiate than it looks... It was...
I liked this entry better than the previous but the series is definitely on the downswing though it was still fun to catch up with Captain Jack and Stephen. After a one book hiatus I was able to find an audio read by Patrick Tull who really is the voice of this series.
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