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Written by Patrick O'Brian - Audio book performed by Robert Hardy - Abridged Fiction - 2 CASSETTES - 3 hours

Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (1998)

"The best historical novels ever written..." --The New York Times Book Review

"They're funny, they're exciting, they're informative. There are legions of us who gladly ship out time and time again under Captain Aubrey." --The New Yorker

Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it.

Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious novel yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. In this climactic - but not final! - adventure in the celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series, O'Brian succeeds in grafting his familiar, ever compelling principal characters to an historical event of tumultuous significance: the final defeat of Napoleon. The result is entertainment, excitement, and an intriguing exercise in what if....history, all encompassed in a magnificently rounded and complex work of fiction.

"It has been said that this series is some of the finest historical fiction of our time....Aubrey and Maturin have been described as better than Holmes and Watson, the equal of Quixote and Panza....All this is true. And the marvel is, it hardly says enough." --Los Angeles Times

Author Biography: Patrick O'Brian was named a Commander of the British Empire by the Queen of England. He has written nineteen volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series. He lives with his wife in the south of France.

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series of naval tales, hailed as "the best historical novels ever written" --Richard Snow, The New York Times Book Review, is a masterful literary achievement that has brought O'Brian to the forefront of critically acclaimed modern-day writers. In his elegant prose, his attention to detail, his feel for the human experience, and the richness of his stories, O'Brian has been compared to Homer, Proust, and Jane Austen.

About the Reader:Robert Hardy has appeared in many films including Sense and Sensibility and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. His theater appearances include such productions as King Lear and Hamlet. He has previously read Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander, H.M.S. Surprise, and Post Captain.