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A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian

We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'

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By Unseen Histories
January 2nd, 2025
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Footnotes With thanks to Adele Etheridge Woodson for the music

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