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Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious book yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. He succeeds in grafting his familiar, ever compelling principal characters to an historical event of tumultuous significance: the final defeat of Napoleon. Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious novel yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. The hundred days by O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Publication date 1998 Topics Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815 All is to play for and everything is at stake. ‘Patrick O’Brian is far and away the best of the Napoleonic story tellers, and The Hundred Days is one of the best in the series; a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping.’BERNARD CORNWELL ‘Patrick O’Brian is a joy to read.’ Irish Independent This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian. It is after the Napoleonic Wars and Napoleon has been confined to Elba. At the opening of The Hundred Days, Napoleon has escaped from Elba and made his way to Paris to be received enthusiastically by over 600,000 French. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the nineteenth book in the series. Patrick O'Brian uses deus ex machina to address some apparent 'loose ends,' and I shan't say anything further to spoil it for the reader. Superbly plotted and deftly written, "The Hundred Days" refers to the period of time between Napoleon's escape from exile on Elba to his subsequent defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo in June 1815 by the The Hundred Days (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 19) [O'Brian, Patrick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. $14.39 $ 14. 39. Get it as soon as Monday The hundred days by O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Publication date 1998 Topics Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious novel yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. Patrick O'Brian uses deus ex machina to address some apparent 'loose ends,' and I shan't say anything further to spoil it for the reader. Superbly plotted and deftly written, "The Hundred Days" refers to the period of time between Napoleon's escape from exile on Elba to his subsequent defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo in June 1815 by the The Hundred Days is the nineteenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1998. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars , specifically in their last portion in 1815, the Hundred Days . The Hundred Days [O'Brian, Patrick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Hundred Days Set in the days succeeding Napoleon's escape from Elba, where Aubrey and Maturin are in the thick of Europe's attempt to prevent the French Emperor from regaining his power, by attempting to turn Napoleon's secret link to the Islamic world against him. For Jack Aubrey, Napoleon's Hundred Days was an eleventh-hour rescue of a lifetime's service in the Royal Navy that, for all its brilliance and excitement, seemed to be ending in inconspicuous respectability. When Napoleon escapes from Elba, - 9780006512110 - QBD Books - Buy Online for Better Range and Value. Patrick O'Brian is far and away the best of the Napoleonic storytellers, and his new book, THE HUNDRED DAYS, is the 19th in a series telling of the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin. The Hundred Days is the nineteenth book in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It was originally published in 1998. Its title refers to "the hundred days," the chaotic final phase of the Napoleonic Wars, when the defeated Napolean Bonaparte escaped imprisonment on Elba and briefly seized power again in France for 110 days, before his ultimate defeat at Waterloo. Jack is long delayed getting to Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Hundred Days by Patrick O Brian, 1998, Published by Harper Collins, Printed in Great Britan by Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, Hardback,has some fading to covers and spine, Dust jacket, has some fading to jacket,has some surface scratching to jacket,Price Has Been Cut from front jacket inside flap, All pages appear In addition to twenty volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian's many books include "Testimonies," "The Golden Ocean," and "The Unknown Shore". O'Brian also wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks and translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Buy a cheap copy of The Hundred Days book by Patrick O'Brian. Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian Free Shipping on all orders over $15.
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