Patrick O'Brian 
Subtitle: A Life
Publisher: Owl Books; Holt Paperbacks
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780805059779
Subjects: Biography: general; Literary; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: It was once the custom in Germany that a young craftsman who had apprenticed for four years, usually with his father, took to the road to work for and learn from other masters at his craft.