The Reverse of the Medal
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 287
- ISBN-13
- 9780006499268
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Reverse of the Medal" (1986, 287 pages) is the eleventh Aubrey-Maturin novel, arriving as O'Brian's continuous narrative of Jack's rise and Stephen's covert intelligence work entered its second decade — the series by this point spans the Mediterranean, the East Indies and South America.
Key facts about The Reverse of the Medal
Patrick O'Brian wrote The Reverse of the Medal, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1986. The book has 287 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780006499268 to find the main one.
The Reverse of the Medal is book 11 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 Reverse of the Medal is book 11 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It follows The Far Side of the World. It is followed by The Letter of Marque. 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 9780786178186
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780393309607
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781324020516