Thursday, 29 July 2004

Recent Reading

• The Fortune of War, by Patrick O’Brian, copyright 1979; first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1979; W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. Captivity in the U.S.A. with intrigue and the contemplation of the decay of affections, followed by escape and the taking of the USN Chesapeake. One of the most emotionally involving books in the series, leavened with interludes of intense action and despair.