Patrick O’Brian
1914 – 2000
Patrick O’Brian was born on 12th of December in the year 1914 in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. He died on second of January 2000. His birth name was Richard Patrick Russ. He wrote several novels in his lifetime including the famous Aubrey-Maturin series. These are a series of 20 novels that are set in the sea during a Napoleonic wars describing events by the Royal Navy. They are highly praised for their vivid description of 19th-century life.They are based on the main character, English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish-Catalan physician Stephen Maturin.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
Caesar
1930
Hussein
1938
Testimonies
1952
The Catalans
1953
The Road to Samarcand
1954
The Golden Ocean
1956
The Unknown Shore
1959
Richard Temple
1962
No Pirates Nowadays
2014
Noughts and Crosses
2014
Two’s Company
2014
The Chian Wine
1974
The Rendezvous and Other Stories
1994
Collected Short Stories
1995
No Pirates Nowadays and Other Stories: Three Nautical Tales
2014
Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure
2015
The Uncertain Land and Other Poems
2019