(K) Two for $1.99 on Amazon - Master and Commander & The Eagle Has Landed

mitford13 · 06-20-2012, 03:51 PM

Thought it worth noting that the first in the Aubrey/Maturin series has been reduced from $9.99 to 1.99 - can only hope more reductions in the series will follow...

Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) - Patrick O'Brien

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Command...dp/B006C3Q6GG/

This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of a life aboard a man-of-war are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the roar of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.

Also, another oldie but goodie is today's Kindle Daily Deal, for $1.99:

The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins

http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Landed-L...dp/B004RDKPMO/

In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler himself and planned by Heinrich Himmler, is led by ace agent Kurt Steiner and aided on the ground by IRA gunman Liam Devlin.

Blue Tyson · 06-20-2012, 10:47 PM

The Eagle Has Landed - nice!

Mikou · 06-21-2012, 10:31 PM

I tried to get this from Google Play because they sell it in epub format. My purchase kept being blocked by technical difficulties, so I wasn't able to get it before their offer expired.

I had to jump through some hoops to buy it from Kindle and convert it to epub, but it was worth the aggravation to get such a good deal. Thanks for the heads up!

carpetmojo · 06-22-2012, 12:47 AM

The O'Brien series is terrific - I have the complete set on the shelves, and often revisit them.
I find you need to work yourself into the language, structure, and delivery a bit more than most, at first - but then the works kind of wrap you up in their amazingly complete world of the time.
Without question, well worth the effort.
Very sad there will be no more.....

06-20-2012, 03:51 PM	#1
mitford13 Guru Posts: 684 Karma: 6495650 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad Air2, Fire HD10, Paperwhite, Kobo App	(K) Two for $1.99 on Amazon - Master and Commander & The Eagle Has Landed Thought it worth noting that the first in the Aubrey/Maturin series has been reduced from $9.99 to 1.99 - can only hope more reductions in the series will follow... Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) - Patrick O'Brien http://www.amazon.com/Master-Command...dp/B006C3Q6GG/ This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of a life aboard a man-of-war are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the roar of broadsides as the great ships close in battle. Also, another oldie but goodie is today's Kindle Daily Deal, for $1.99: The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Landed-L...dp/B004RDKPMO/ In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler himself and planned by Heinrich Himmler, is led by ace agent Kurt Steiner and aided on the ground by IRA gunman Liam Devlin.

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06-20-2012, 10:47 PM	#2
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	The Eagle Has Landed - nice!

06-21-2012, 10:31 PM	#3
Mikou Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 5052779 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Device: Kobo Libra, Amazon Fire 10, Kobo Clara, Kobo Aura One	I tried to get this from Google Play because they sell it in epub format. My purchase kept being blocked by technical difficulties, so I wasn't able to get it before their offer expired. I had to jump through some hoops to buy it from Kindle and convert it to epub, but it was worth the aggravation to get such a good deal. Thanks for the heads up!

06-22-2012, 12:47 AM	#4
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	The O'Brien series is terrific - I have the complete set on the shelves, and often revisit them. I find you need to work yourself into the language, structure, and delivery a bit more than most, at first - but then the works kind of wrap you up in their amazingly complete world of the time. Without question, well worth the effort. Very sad there will be no more.....

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