
The Nutmeg of Consolation
Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 14
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Patrick Tull
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By:
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Patrick O'Brian
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"What Mr. O'Brian has created is no less than a tapestry of English life in the early 19th century that is almost Dickensian in its scope." (New York Observer)
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Another great one
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The tales and the history
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If you could sum up The Nutmeg of Consolation in three words, what would they be?
history, drama, tendernessHave you listened to any of Patrick Tull’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Superb as alwaysAny additional comments?
One is better off by starting the series from the beginning!You never want it to be over!!!
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outstanding treasure
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More adventure!
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― Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation
For action, this book is a bit light. There is a bit of fighting when the crew of the shipwrecked HMS Diane are trying to building a schooner. Tobacco and alcohol might soon run out and the ship is nearing St. Famine's day (not marked by a famine of food, but smokes and booze). Things might get rough. After losing a few members heading off an attack of some local pirates, they eventually chase down a French ship. I won't give those details away. However, after that, the book ends up in Australia (New South Wales) where Dr. Maturin contemplates happiness, money, family and addition. He also confronts the harsh conditions in New South Wales, where everything has been degraded by the penal colony economy.
It might have been a 3-star (the first?) book, if not for the beautiful musings of Stephen throughout. I really do love these novels.
I read novels with the utmost pertinacity.
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Best in the series?
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Patrick Tull is amazing.
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Jane Austen at Sea
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Totally engrossing world and characters history fiction at its best
Awesome
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