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The Unknown Shore
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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Inspired by the Wager disaster, The Unknown Shore is an immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series that displays all the splendid prose and attention to detail that delight O'Brian's millions of fans.
Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740.
In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of exploration and adventure.
The Wager was parted from Anson's squadron in the fierce storms off Cape Horn and struggled alone up the coast of Chile until she was driven against the rocks and sank. The survivors were soon involved in trouble of every kind. A surplus of rum, a disappearing stock of food, and a hard, detested captain soon drove them into drunkenness, mutiny, and bloodshed. After many months of privation, a handful of men made their way northward under the guidance of a band of Indians, at last finding safety in Valparaiso.
This saga of survival is the background to the adventures of two young men aboard the Wager: midshipman Jack Byron and his friend Tobias Barrow, an alarmingly naive surgeon's mate. Patrick O'Brian's many devoted readers will take particular interest in this story, as Jack and Toby form a kind of blueprint for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, the famed heroes of the great Aubrey/Maturin series to come.
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"Here is an unexpected bonus: a precursor to the Aubrey-Maturin series...with all the charm of the author's mature works." (The New York Times)
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Widely regarded as the most engaging historical novels ever written, the 21 books in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series have garnered millions of fans since the publication of the first volume over 50 years ago. Included here are BBC radio adaptations of the first seven thrilling stories.
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Disastrous
- De Jerry Klein en 05-26-22
De: Patrick O'Brian
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Bhowani Junction
- De: John Masters
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner, Neil Hunt, Patrick Tull
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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World War II has finally played itself out, and the British are leaving India. Through this vortex is spun a fictional plot of terror and politics that illustrates all-too-well the curse that still plagues India today. You can almost smell the mixture of dust, oil, and human sweat as the train pulls into Bhowani Junction.
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A fine novel, beautifully narrated
- De An Alexandria music lover en 09-02-16
De: John Masters
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The King's Coat
- De: Dewey Lambdin
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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It is 1780, and 17-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of naval discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding - rather unexpectedly - that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise.
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"Sex, Swords, Sailing Ships"
- De Andrew en 05-16-10
De: Dewey Lambdin
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The French Prize
- A Novel
- De: James L. Nelson
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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Jack Biddlecomb has much to live up to, being as he is the eldest son of the esteemed Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, wealthy merchant captain, leading light of the War for American Independence, and newly minted congressman. Jack finds himself off to a promising start, however, when he’s given command of the merchant vessel Abigail bound from Philadelphia for Barbados. But even before the dock lines are cast off, the voyage, which should have been routine, begins to look like a stormy passage indeed.
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Exciting
- De Michael en 07-18-24
De: James L. Nelson
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Midshipman Bolitho
- De: Alexander Kent
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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October 1772, Portsmouth. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon, ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
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This is *not* the book advertised.
- De Robert Bolin en 08-26-16
De: Alexander Kent
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Alone on the Ice
- The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: Matthew Brenher
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp - the dogs were gone. Mawson plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizable, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"
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Put Another Log on the Fire
- De Mel en 02-07-13
De: David Roberts
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Endurance
- An Epic of Polar Adventure
- De: F.A. Worsley, Patrick O’Brian - preface
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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"You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. "What the ice gets," replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, "the ice keeps." It did not, however, get the ship's twenty-five crew members, all of whom survived an eight-hundred-mile voyage across sea, land, and ice to South Georgia, the nearest inhabited island.
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Best narration possible for this
- De Amazon Customer en 08-19-24
De: F.A. Worsley, y otros
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Sailing Alone Around the World
- De: Joshua Slocum
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success.
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A REMARKABLE MAN
- De Rod en 05-03-06
De: Joshua Slocum
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Kydd
- Thomas Kydd, Book 1
- De: Julian Stockwin
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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1793 and Europe is ablaze with war. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all that he goes through in danger of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen - taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor.
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Intriguing storyline
- De Raymond W. Hill, Jr. en 11-07-14
De: Julian Stockwin
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Casino Royale
- James Bond 1
- De: Ian Fleming
- Narrado por: Oliver Siebeck
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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Der britische Geheimagent wird nach Frankreich geschickt, um einen feindlichen Agenten beim Kartenspiel zu ruinieren...
De: Ian Fleming
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Hell on Ice
- The Saga of the Jeannette
- De: Edward Ellsberg
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett's idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in addition to a smattering of civilians with specialized knowledge in meteorology, whaling, and naturalism. The men on board the Jeannette set off in September of 1879. This would be the last time anyone saw them for two years.
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Great story, and great way to approach the telling
- De Christopher en 08-22-14
De: Edward Ellsberg
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Unknown Shore
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- Condo of Many Colors
- 11-03-18
Wonderful predecessor to the Aubrey Maturin series
Wonderful predecessor to the Aubrey Maturin series, highly recommended to fans of that series. (minus the outdated prejudice against native peoples)
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- Barrelman
- 05-29-15
An amazing journey
Plus the Full wit of Patrick O'Brian, Who should never be read by anyone but Patrick Tull. The early version of the Aubrey Maturin stories, some of the most grim and comical adventures you'll hear anywhere.
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- Simone
- 07-12-22
Great story for lovers of the nautical adventures
Great story for lovers of Aubrey/Maturin series! while not about the same characters, this story's protagonists feel like the author was developing the former. Jack and Tobias are younger (midshipman and surgeon's mate) but their character and personality traits make you think it's (almost) a younger Aubrey and Maturin.
Told with the same wit as his later books, part of the story made me laugh out loud, and the fact that the underlying story is based on true occurrence makes it all the more incredible as to the hardship that they endured in the second part of the book.
Also the narrator does a fantastic job!
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- Deresky
- 10-04-22
Not for listening in a car
An expansive yarn that encompasses a world that no one living has had the chance to experience. But don't listen in a car, plane or anywhere there is background noise and no N/C earphones. The narrative is very realistic with many asides, mutters and introspection that gets lost.
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- Robert Goldston
- 08-09-06
As Good as the Series
I came to the end of the Aubrey/Maturin series and felt like I had lost four friends, Jack Aubrey, Steven Maturin, Patrick O'Brian and Patrick Tull. Well, here they are back again. The youthful protagonists of this book, Jack and Tobias, are not quite Aubrey and Maturin, since the book is set in 1740, but one is a midshipman and the other a surgeon's mate, and they bring a fresh, young presence with many of the characteristics of their more well known literary descendents. O'Brian's dry humor and human insight, as well as his knowledge of the Royal Navy (here in Anson's time before the problem of longitude was solved) are already on display, and Tull does a masterful job reading. Highly recommended.
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- Alida
- 01-24-12
Spellbinding.
Would you listen to The Unknown Shore again? Why?
Six or nine times because I hear something new each time and the story is so excellently written and narrated. I love Patrick O'Brian's wordsmithery.
What other book might you compare The Unknown Shore to and why?
Don't know, other than Cold Mountain, it's just one of my favorites.
What about Patrick Tull’s performance did you like?
Virtually everything.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
One really vicious trip through a frozen hell and back again.
Any additional comments?
I'll most likely listen to it again...and again.
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- Dennis
- 04-18-13
Early start for the Aubrey series good book
What made the experience of listening to The Unknown Shore the most enjoyable?
I enjoyed the story line it had some funny parts and drama
What other book might you compare The Unknown Shore to and why?
It was the early start of the Audrey series and Mr O'Brian has a real talent to weave a story to get the reader interested in all the characters
Have you listened to any of Patrick Tull’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Patrick Tull is a true professional and adds his gift to the characters in the story
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Many both on a level of human of enteraction and the qualities of the people involved
Any additional comments?
I am glad I had a chance read the early work and enjoyed it
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- Marion D.
- 02-24-24
the story was mostly true,
the part when Tobius and Jack were travelling with the indigenous people was detailed. I have never read about how the natives survived in Tierra del Fuego?
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- Joshua
- 01-13-17
Underappreciated Masterpiece
This book is continually described as a sort of practice run for the Aubrey-Maturin series, but it is much more than that. A satirical comedy in the first half, a heartbreaking tragedy in the middle and a deeply satisfying ending show O'Brian at his best.
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- Julia
- 03-30-17
Nautical adventure
A sort of prequel to the Master and Commander series. Great fun for Aubrey/Maturin fans.
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