For the Jimmy Buffett album, see Far Side of the World (album). For the 2003 film, see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
The Far Side of the World
First edition
Author
Patrick O'Brian
Cover artist
Arthur Barbosa
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Series
Aubrey-Maturin series
Genre
Historical novel
Publisher
Collins (UK)
Publication date
1984
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback) & Audio Book (Cassette, CD)
Pages
366 (paperback edition)
ISBN
000222711-8 first edition, hardback
OCLC
31704568
Preceded by
Treason's Harbour
Followed by
The Reverse of the Medal
The Far Side of the World is the tenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1984. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
The story from Treason's Harbour has several points resolved, as to the success of Maturin's work identifying the French spies, the trap that Aubrey sailed out of but HMS Pollux did not, and Aubrey resolving the tension between him and Lieutenant Fielding, who escaped the worst French prisoner-of-war facility. In Gibraltar, Captain Aubrey receives another mission, to sail HMS Surprise to protect British whalers in the Pacific Ocean from USS Norfolk, for his first voyage around Cape Horn. Dr Maturin has not yet identified the high-level spy who got away. Unaware, he sends the letter to his own wife explaining his protection of the Navy wife via that very villain. The Pacific Ocean is full of wonders, and prizes, once the Jonah is off the ship.
One review considered this and the previous novel, Treason's Harbour, to be one novel in two volumes. O'Brian "writes historical novels without the swashbuckling."[1]
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