The Letter of Marque
Patrick O'Brian, , read by Simon Vance. . Blackstone Audio, $29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7861-6649-7
Unlike its competitors, who are usually linked to major book publishers, Blackstone specializes in giving new audio life to classics—using prize-winning readers like Vance to bring new and exciting life to neglected works. This is Vance's 17th reading of one of O'Brian's superb seafaring novels about Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin, and it's the first time that anyone has made new versions since O'Brian's death in 2000. Vance (who also reads under the names Robert Whitfield and Richard Matthews) is absolutely perfect for O'Brian's sad and stirring tale about Post Captain Aubrey's unjust punishment: Aubrey has been stricken off the Admiralty's list, usually the end of a man's career. But Dr. Maturin uses his own money to buy Aubrey's old ship, HMS
Reviewed on: 01/29/2007
Genre: Audio
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-7861-4688-8
Downloadable Audio - 978-1-4640-4759-6
Hardcover - 288 pages - 978-0-393-02874-4
Hardcover - 278 pages - 978-0-7862-1925-4
Other - 1 pages - 978-0-7861-5338-1
Paperback - 336 pages - 978-0-393-30905-8
Paperback - 288 pages - 978-1-324-02052-3
Paperback - 280 pages - 978-0-00-727555-7
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-4332-7197-7
Vinyl-bound - 521 pages - 978-1-56956-419-6
