The Golden Ocean
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| + | '''''The Golden Ocean''''' was published in 1956. It was the first of two novels aimed at younger people about the Anson expedition. It tells the story of [[George Anson|Anson]]'s 1740 circumnavigation and capture of the Spanish Manila galleon from the point of view of a young Irish [[midshipman]], Peter Palafox. As with much of O'Brian's later [[Aubrey–Maturin series]], the book is closely based on contemporary accounts but adapted by O'Brian as fiction. | ||
''For more details about the plot, which will contain '''spoilers''', see [[Summary for The Golden Ocean]]'' | ''For more details about the plot, which will contain '''spoilers''', see [[Summary for The Golden Ocean]]'' | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 12 October 2007
The Golden Ocean was published in 1956. It was the first of two novels aimed at younger people about the Anson expedition. It tells the story of Anson's 1740 circumnavigation and capture of the Spanish Manila galleon from the point of view of a young Irish midshipman, Peter Palafox. As with much of O'Brian's later Aubrey–Maturin series, the book is closely based on contemporary accounts but adapted by O'Brian as fiction.
For more details about the plot, which will contain spoilers, see Summary for The Golden Ocean
| Fictional Non-Aubrey-Maturin Books | |
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Caesar | Hussein | Testimonies/Three Bear Witness | The Catalans A Novel/The Frozen Flame | The Road to Samarcand | The Golden Ocean | The Unknown Shore | Richard Temple | |
| Collected Short Stories | |
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Beasts Royal | The Last Pool and Other Stories | The Walker and Other Stories | Lying in the Sun and Other Stories | The Chian Wine and Other Stories | The Rendezvous and Other Stories/Collected Short Stories | |
| Non-fictional Books | |
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A Book of Voyages | Men of War | Joseph Banks A Life | Picasso | |
| Translations | |
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The Coming of Age by Simone de Beauvoir | De Gaulle: The Rebel by Jean Lacouture | Papillon by Henri Charrière | |
| See also the Aubrey-Maturin series | |
