Patrick O’Brian (Magill’s Literary Annual 2001)
At a glance:
- Author: Dean King
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1914-1996
- Setting: England and France
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, France or French people, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, Literature, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Novelists, 1990’s, England
- Locales: France, England
Literary biography is risky to read. Apart from the damage a biographer may do to the writer’s reputation because of partial or mistaken information, the frank truth can disappoint and even disaffect fans, particularly so if they regard the writer with a cultish devotion. Such devotion frequently is the case for fans of Patrick O’Brian (1914-2000), novelist and translator, best known for the twenty novels about Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, Royal Navy officers during England’s war with Napoleon. Dean King’s Patrick O’Brian: A Life Revealed may well prove troublesome...
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