The Road to Samarcand
O'Brian's richly told adventure saga, with its muscular prose, supple dialogue and engaging characters, packs a nice old-school punch." --Publishers Weekly
O'Brian's richly told adventure saga, with its muscular prose, supple dialogue and engaging characters, packs a nice old-school punch." --Publishers Weekly
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393064735 (0393064735)
Publish date: July 17th 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
One of Patrick O'Brian's earlier works (I believe this edition is 2007, but it was originally published in 1954) and it shows in the lack of nuance so prevalent in his later work. The characters are caricatures, not the full-bodied beings they'd later become in his Aubrey/Maturin series. Still, this...
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