Title: Patrick O'Brian : the making of the novelist /
Authors: Tolstoy, Nikolai.
Publisher: Century,
Year: 2004
Subjects: O'Brian, Patrick,; Novelists, English Biography
Abstract: Patrick O'Brian was an enigmatic personality, a gifted biographer & author, friend of Picasso, & creator of the now well-known Aubrey-Maturin series of 20 novels about Nelson's Royal Navy. This text tells the story of O'Brian's life up to his decision to move to Collioure in the South of France.
Contents: Embarkation -- Nooks and corners -- Strange schooldays -- In the doldrums -- Bohemian days -- First love -- Troubled times -- Broken marriages -- Arms and the man -- The secret war -- Trouble and strife -- A new beginning -- 'The smallest habitation I had ever seen' -- The untamed land -- Father and son : a tormented relationship -- The long day running -- Moelwyn Bank -- The end of the road -- A place in the sun.