Patrick O'Brian
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: March 1, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780340792568
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; English; 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.