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by Patrick O'Brian (Author) "Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St Jams's Street, across the park,..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (6 Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006499643
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006499640
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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'... full of the energy that comes from a writer having struck a vein... Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars.' James Hamilton-Paterson 'You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O'Brian: his genius illuminates the literature of the English language, and lightens the lives of those who read him.' Kevin Meyers, Irish Times 'In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater.' Mary Renault 'I never enjoyed a novel about the sea more. It is not only that the author describes the handling of a ship of 1800 with an accuracy that is as comprehensible as it is detailed, a remarkable feat in itself. Mr O'Brian's three chief characters are drawn with no less sympathy that the vessels he describes, a rare achievement save in the greatest of writers of this genre. It deserves the widest readership.' Irish Times

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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures, and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation. The Yellow Admiral -- the eighteenth novel in the sequence hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written -- sets the fall and rise of Jack Aubrey in brilliant counterpoint to the fall and rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey. Even Jack's exploits at sea turn sour in the storm waters off Brest. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814 peace breaks out. But Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with news that the Chileans require the service of English officers. Jack is savouring this reprieve for his career when he receives an urgent despatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.

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Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St Jams's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage O'Brian: as good as books get,., 16 Jul 1998
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This review is from: Yellow Admiral (Aubrey-Maturin) (Hardcover)
The Yellow Admiral is as good as any of the previous 17 Aubrey/Maturin novels: as good as novels get. It has occurred to me, and not for the first time as I have read and reread the entire series and observed the whole cast of characters mature, that what we call the Aubrey/Maturin series is really one very long book with eighteen chapters.

One can read the Holmes/Watson books in any order; the characters never change, and I don't recall references by Doyle to previous events, such as those backwards glimpses O'Brian slyly slips to us steady fans from time to time that must sail right over the heads of hit-and-run readers.

With not a molecule of discredit to her genius intended, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot remained the same character through 25 stories, and I'm not aware of any maturation of Miss Jane Marple. Of course, Agatha Christie probably felt that her readers preferred the familiarity that the sameness of characters provided.

What gives me the feat tha! ! t The Yellow Admiral might be the final Aubrey/Maturin episode? Diana never once jumps the traces; Jack mends all his fences at home; Sir Joseph Blaine is very much back in control in his seemingly obscure but influential position with "the Committee;" and Stephen has lived through a volume without a crisis. Then, just as Jack Aubrey has gotten used to the idea of building the Chileans a navy, while on a little respite in Funchal, Madeira, with his family and almost everyone else dear to him, he receives an urgent dispatch from Lord Keith of the Admiralty, advising him that Napoleon has escaped from Elba. Writes Keith: "You are to take all His Majesty's ships and vessels at present in Funchal under your command, hoisting your broad pennant in 'Pamone,' and . . . proceed without the loss of a moment to Gibraltar, there to block all exits from the Straits by any craft soever until further notice. And for so doing the enclosed order shall be your warrant."

A! ! t the bottom of Keith's letter was a handwritten note from ! dear, dear Queenie, an important figure in Jack's youth and during his career, now married to Lord Keith: "Dearest Jack -- I am so happy for you -- love -- Queenie."

So the Chileans must develop their navy without the services of Captain Aubrey. And there will be no yellow admiral in the person of Lucky Jack Aubrey.

Thus, with this pristine conclusion, I fear that we have seen the last chapter in the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey, Royal Navy, and his loyal friend and invaluable companion Stephen Maturin. But O'Brian will be writing, that's for sure. And if his next work is another splendid biograpy, a fine story on another subject, short stories, whatever he writes will be a thrill for me to read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Aubrey/Maturin ride again, 13 Feb 2002
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Sadly, I fear, we'll be seeing a lot less of this type of fiction in the future. I have become accustomed to my usual fix of Patrick O'Brian and heartily recommend any of his novels to anyone. Any of his non-fiction work for that matter too, it is very fine work. Since my reading of The Commodore had been itching to get my hands on it's sequel, when The Yellow Admiral came out I read it in one day and immediately regretted it. I should have savoured it like a fine wine since that is the kind of treatment it deserves.

No one else that I have come across wrote with such finely drawn enthusiasm. The well-rounded characters of The Yellow Admiral will leave you yearning for more no mater how slowly you read it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, but more to come, 3 Aug 1997
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This review is from: Yellow Admiral (Aubrey-Maturin) (Hardcover)
O'Brian is never dull, of course, but this installment is too didactic for me. Where before Maturin's naivete is a natural cue for exploration of many topics, here it's just too obviously a chance for P O'B to display his astounding reasearch skills. But the thread of Aubrey & Maturin's shared life remains compelling, and it surely has the best "cliffhanger" ending of the series so far. When does the next one come out?
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5.0 out of 5 stars An epic series
I have to take issue with the previous reviewer who only awarded 2 stars because he felt the author did not explain the characters fully enough in this book. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Peter Groome

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a book for the first reader
I love this series.Patrick O'Brian is a genius.HOWEVER-I can only rate this book 2 stars.This is to discourage a casual reader from starting with The Yellow Admiral. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars What more can you expect?
Its O'Brian and Aubrey/Maturin ... what more do you need? We would venerate POB as a literary genius if he had passed 150 years ago ... Read more
Published on 27 Jul 2005 by Simon Power

5.0 out of 5 stars Aubrey/Maturin ride again
Sadly, I fear, we'll be seeing a lot less of this type of fiction in the future. I have become accustomed to my usual fix of Patrick O'Brian and heartily recommend any of his... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Aubrey/Maturin ride again
Sadly, I fear, we'll be seeing a lot less of this type of fiction in the future. I have become accustomed to my usual fix of Patrick O'Brian and heartily recommend any of his... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a pleasant experience
While a more than adequate insight into everyday life in the England of George III, this book serves the uninitiated reader of O'Brian's work poorly. Read more
Published on 15 Jul 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for the series reader, but not the most exciting.....
Not the most action packed of the novels, however, the storyline and history are as always fun to follow....
Published on 4 Jan 1997

4.0 out of 5 stars O'Brian's cruising here, but still very enjoyable.
This is another "land-based" book in the series, which is a good thing. Jack Aubry's troubles dealing with land lubbers (whose dishonesty and unstructured ways mystify... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 1997

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