A Knight in White Satin said: > At 01:47 PM 8/25/2002, St. Steven wrote: >>At 12:32 PM 8/25/2002 +0100, Mark Tiller wrote: >>>Okay, so who's Patrick O'Brian (says he preparing to be flamed) >> >>No, no flame; just a strong recommendation. Napoleonic war navel >> adventure comedy of manners. The first one is _Master and >>Commander_. They are wonderful. > > Given that you are one of the few authors that I will buy .anything. > from, sight > unseen, (Hmm...publish your shopping list, maybe call it _A Canticle for > St. Brust_ > ... whaddya mean it's already been done?) your recommendation carries a > great deal of weight. Consider the first one purchased. I did the same, on Steven's recommendation. My only regret is having only bought the first of the books! -Rick