A Sea of Words
Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales
$39.32
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2000
Summary
A new edition of the classic companion to Patrick O’Brian’s sea loving novels, updated to include the final novel in the series. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780805066159 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0805066152 |
| Author: | Dean King |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Imprint: | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2000 |
| Weight: | 414g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 146mm x 217mm |
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Critics Review
“To any disoriented lubber who needs to take a quick bearing on Aubrey’s world of staysails and sternposts, it will be a useful compass.”
–The Economist
“Dean King’s lexicon will charm cultists.”
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
“An outstandingly useful passkey to the wooden world of Britain’s Royal Navy in the great age of sail.”
–Sea History
“A gem of a book.”
–Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dean King
Dean King is the author of many works of nonfiction, including Patrick O’Brian: A Life Revealed and Every Man Shall Do His Duty. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
John B. Hattendorf is a professor of maritime history at the United States Naval War College.
J. Worth Estes, Ph.D., is a professor of pharmacology at Boston University and a specialist in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maritime medicine.
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