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PRINCIPAL WORKS

A Book of Voyages [editor] (nonfiction) 1947

The Last Pool and Other Stories (short stories) 1950

Three Bear Witness (novel) 1952 [published in the U.S. as Testimonies]

The Frozen Flame (novel) 1953 [published in the U.S. as The Catalans]

The Walker and Other Stories (short stories) 1955 [published in the U.S. as Lying in the Sun and Other Stories]

The Golden Ocean (novel) 1956; revised edition, 1970

The Unknown Shore (novel) 1959

Richard Temple (novel) 1962

The Wreathed Head [translator; from the novel by Christine de Rivoyre] (novel) 1962

*Master and Commander (novel) 1969

*Post Captain (novel) 1972

*HMS Surprise (novel) 1973

The Chian Wine and Other Stories (short stories) 1974

Men-of-War (nonfiction) 1974

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. John Bayley (essay date 7 November 1991)
   2. Frank Stewart (review date 4 April 1993)
   3. Byron Rogers (review date 10 July 1993)
   4. Michael Dirda (review date August 1993)
   5. Patrick T. Reardon (review date 19 December 1993)
   6. Frederick Pratter (review date 31 December 1993)
   7. John Balzar (review date 2 January 1994)
   8. Thomas McGonigle (review date 2 January 1994)
   9. Elliott Abrams (review date 24 January 1994)
   10. James Hamilton-Paterson (review date 26 December 1994)
   11. Frederick Pratter (review date 2 May 1995)
   12. Katherine A. Powers (review date July 1995)
   13. Sam Pickering (review date Spring 1996)
   14. Thomas R. Edwards (essay date Summer 1996)
   15. John Balzar (review date 20 October 1996)
   16. Edward T. Wheeler (review date 8 November 1996)
   17. Christopher Clausen (review date 16 December 1996)
   18. James Teacher (review date 4 January 1997)
   19. John Mullan (review date 10 January 1997)
   20. Books Magazine (review date October 1997)
   21. Molly Finn (essay date 19 June 1998)
   22. Alan Judd (review date 22 August 1998)
   23. Barbara Everett (review date 4 September 1998)
   24. Martin Jacques (review date 6 September 1998)
   25. Christopher Hitchens (essay date 9 March 2000)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright