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O'Brian, Patrick

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O'Brian, Patrick (1914–2000)

English novelist and historian. He is best known for his Napoleonic seafaring Aubrey-Maturin series, comprising 20 historical novels about Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and his close friend, physician, and secret agent Stephen Maturin. O'Brian tried to convince people that he was Irish, though he was born in Buckinghamshire, England, of German origin.

He is the author of 13 other books, including the novels Testimonies (1995), The Golden Ocean (1998), and The Unknown Shore (1998), as well as short story collections and biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He translated books from French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir. He spent his last 50 years living in the village of Collioure in southern France.



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