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Indlæser... The Unknown Shoreaf Patrick O'Brian
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Greatly enjoyed the first half of the book. The second was more like our heroes' feelings aboard the sea-going pig, Lys, six knots was her top speed. My favorite line in the book: Paquita, the housekeeper, as nearly spherical as anything can be in this imperfect world. To learn what happened to Captain Cheap and the mutineers who returned to London, read The Wager by David Grann. ( ) The narration hardly ever cracks - a pretty astounding thing, given how drawn-out the descriptions can be. The dialogue's formatting is really masterful, but I didn't appreciate the lazy and often unclear way O'Brian would occasionally start chapters in medias res. The plot drags 2/3rds the way through, and the pacing falls off a bit, but generally it's an enjoyable story with a couple really exciting and funny scenes. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesGolden Ocean (2)
As in The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore tells the tale of another ill-fated ship on Anson’s expedition round the world – the Wager. Parted from her squadron in the fearful storms off Cape Horn, the Wager struggles on alone up the ironbound coast of Chile, before she is driven onto rocks and sinks. The survivors include Jack Byron, a midshipman, and his eccentric protégé? Toby, an alarmingly naive surgeon's mate with a single-minded devotion to zoology. Faced with a surplus of rum, a disappearing stock of food and a hard, detested captain, the survivors soon descend into trouble of every kind, including drunkenness, mutiny and bloodshed. As they make their way northwards under the guidance of a band of stony and depraved Indians, they at last find safety and good treatment in Valparaiso. Admirers of O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels will see Jack Byron a matter-of-fact, bluff precursor to the great Jack Aubrey. Whilst Toby, raging in Greek against a corrupt Member of Parliament, stripped by thieves in the Farthing Pie House, asking the Commodore to carry his snake, arousing the darkest suspicions in the Chilean Inquisition, is an amiable companion whose vagaries afford endless diversion on a hard and dramatic journey. No library descriptions found. |
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