The Far Side of the World (edit title)

Amanda approved 95% of shark b’s request to combine 20 books, including The Far Side of the World, 3 days ago. (show what wasn’t approved) (hide what wasn’t approved)

shark b submitted a request to combine 20 books, including The Far Side of the World, 3 days ago.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of The Far Side of the World 12 days ago.

Timothy Gray edited the series of The Far Side of the World 2 weeks ago.

• Edited this book in the series: Aubrey-Maturin seriesAubrey-Maturin book 10

Timothy Gray changed the title of The Far Side of the World 2 weeks ago.

Colette M edited the series of The Far Side of the World Monday, November 23 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Aubrey-Maturin series book 10 (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the description of The Far Side of the World Monday, August 3 2009.

• Tie-in edition of the major film from Fox due next Spring. Starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind) as Stephen Maturin. Directed by Peter Weir. It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. If they do not come up with her before she rounds the Horn, they must follow her into the Great South Sea and as far across the Pacific as she may lead them. It is a commission after Jack's own heart. Maturin has fish of his own to fry in the world of secret intelligence. Aubrey has to cope with a succession of disasters -- men overboard, castaways, encounters with savages, storms, typhoons, groundings, shipwrecks, to say nothing of murder and criminal insanity. That the enemy is in fact faithfully dealt with, no one who has the honour of Captain Aubrey's acquaintance can take leave to doubt.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Far Side of the World Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Patrick O'Brian:

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Far Side of the World Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patrick O'Brian: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Far Side of the World Thursday, July 16 2009.

• 'Pass the word for Captain Aubrey, pass the word for Captain Aubrey,' cried a sequence of voices, at first dim and muffled far aft on the flagship's maindeck, then growing louder and more distinct as the call wafted up to the quarterdeck and so along the gangway to the forecastle, where Captain Aubrey stood by the starboard thirty-two-pounder carronade contemplating the Emperor of Morocco's purple galley as it lay off Jumper's Bastion with the vast grey and tawny Rock of Gibraltar soaring behind it, while Mr Blake, once a puny member of his midshipman's berth but now a tall, stout lieutenant almost as massive as his former captain, explained the new carriage he had invented, a carriage that should enable carronades to fire twice as fast, with no fear of oversetting, twice as far, and with perfect accuracy, thus virtually putting an end to war.