The Far Side of the World
- Published
- 1 January 1984
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780786178629
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Far Side of the World" (1984, 368 pages) follows "Treason's Harbour" as the tenth Aubrey-Maturin novel, sending Jack and Stephen further from the Mediterranean into the wider world the series ranges across, from the East Indies to the coast of South America.
Key facts about The Far Side of the World
The Far Side of the World is a novel by Patrick O'Brian. Readers have had it since 1984. It runs to 368 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Far Side of the World. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780786178629 to find the main one.
The Far Side of the World is book 10 of 21 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. The series has 21 published books. However, the series starts with Master and Commander (1969). The Hundred Days is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 28 September 1998.
That series sits on our historical fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey is the latest published Patrick O'Brian book on file, from 2004.
About Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) was a British novelist and translator best known for the Aubrey-Maturin series, twenty novels of Napoleonic-era naval fiction following Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey and his close friend, the ship's surgeon and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin. See every Patrick O'Brian book in order.
Its place in Aubrey-Maturin
The Far Side of the World is book 10 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It follows Treason's Harbour. It is followed by The Reverse of the Medal. See the full Aubrey-Maturin reading order.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels follow the friendship of Jack Aubrey, a bluff, brilliant, and perpetually broke Royal Navy officer, and Stephen Maturin, the ship's surgeon who is also a naturalist and, unbeknownst to most of the crew, a British intelligence agent. The two meet as strangers at a concert in Menorca in 1800 — nearly duelling before becoming friends — and the twenty novels that follow chart Jack's rise through the Napoleonic-era Navy and Stephen's parallel career gathering intelligence across…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786219308
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780006170174
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780393037104