Dean King
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In 1991, when O'Brian became an overnight sensation in the U.S., he was already in his mid-70s and had already had two remarkable writing careers. In
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less than a decade, O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of nautical historical novels (chronicling the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars) became a literary juggernaut, with legions of devoted fans around the world. With O'Brian's death in Jan. 2000, curiosity about the carefully guarded secrets of his life has peaked. Here, King tells the story of a man, born Richard Patrick Russ. This is the first ever biography of this famously secretive man -- a vivid, searing portrait of an intense and complex human being, who was as famous for orneriness as he was for brilliant artistic creation. Ill.
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