Literati accolades aside, Patrick O'Brian is no easy read. The 21 Aubrey-Maturin books are packed with words and minutia that are historically accurate but mostly lost on a 21st-century readership. Naval jargon and period vernacular can stymie the seasoned fan and discourage the uninitiated: cross-trees, trestle-trees, drowned baby, and treacle-dowdy. The "Patrick O'Brian Codebook" illuminates O'Brian's writings in 350 pages with 700 images and 100 custom illustrations, a lexicon with 12,000 entries, and supporting information to clarify the political and cultural landscape during the Napoleonic Wars.
Also available in ebook format.
Détails
- Date de publication
- Oct 22, 2013
- Langue
- English
- Catégorie
- Référence
- Copyright
- Tous droits réservés - Licence de copyright standard
- Contributeurs
- Par (auteur): Brian Fowler
Caractéristiques
- Pages
- 351
- Type de reliure
- Livre à couverture souple Livre à couverture souple
- Couleur de l’intérieur
- Noir & Blanc
- Dimensions
- A4 (8,27 x 11,69 po / 210 x 297 mm)