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256 Sex and the Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Does it seem to anyone besides me that YA has the most overtly sexual content of any of the series? There is the Sophie episode, a bedroom scene with Stephen and Diana, Padeen's strange reluctance to take on the promised farm which to Stephen suggests a possible fear of marrying, and most of all, the bizarre and sad episode of Mrs. Williams, Briggs and Mrs. Morris. There is a hint of this episode-to-come in 'The Commodore,' making me wonder if POB has been thinking a book or so ahead and in fa ...

Poster's Name:	Gerry STREY
Poster's Email:	Gerry.Strey@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu
Message Date:	1996-11-13 16:15:25 UTC

257 Re: Alas, The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Stan Cho wrote: >On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Charles Keller ranted: > This pretty much sums up my own disappointments with the Yellow >Admiral as well. It's sad to say, but true. > > My own pet theory that I'm nursing is that P O'B is, indeed, >getting tired (after writing well over five thousand pages of uniform >excellence for over twenty years, at a level which I personally hold to be >'literature'). The first twelve are a solidly connected arc, every plot & ...

Poster's Name:	Charles Keller
Poster's Email:	alfanso@roadrunner.com
Message Date:	1996-11-12 15:56:53 UTC

258 Re: Alas, The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Charles Keller ranted: major YA spoilers ho! [snip] > > I have not been reading critiques of YA having not finished the book until > this afternoon and so much of this may have been said, but the book just > will not do for all love. The book is okay, but definitely well below the > POB standard. (Has he tired of writing these?) When the most exciting > event in the entire story is whether Diana will be able to negotiate her > coach through ...

Poster's Name:	Stanley S Cho
Poster's Email:	ssc38@columbia.edu
Message Date:	1996-11-12 04:28:28 UTC

259 Alas, The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

YA Spoiler!!! and how! Please forgive in advance what may be a total mis-reading of YA. Perhaps those, more familiar with seafaring in the Napolean Wars, will have understood this book far better than I. If so, might they say what I have missed? I have not been reading critiques of YA having not finished the book until this afternoon and so much of this may have been said, but the book just will not do for all love. The book is okay, but definitely well below the POB standard. (Has he ...

Poster's Name:	Charles Keller
Poster's Email:	alfanso@roadrunner.com
Message Date:	1996-11-12 00:50:09 UTC

260 Washington Post review of The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Jonathan Yardley's review in this morning's Washington Post will not please many members of this list, from the reaction of many listmembers to the NYT review. Yardley limits himself to the single volume for the most part, without venturing into the turbulent waters of where O'Brian belongs in the universe of fiction. The Post can be read online at http://washingtonpost.com, but I found it difficult to get to this morning - half the country looking at what it has to say about the election, a ...

Poster's Name:	elisabeth shields
Poster's Email:	eshields@wam.umd.edu
Message Date:	1996-11-07 01:54:49 UTC

261 Re[2]: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

On September 24, 1996, John Drouot wrote: > I haven't seen this answered, so.... > > THE YELLOW ADMIRAL's publication date is October 21. Patricia, Is the choice of Trafalgar Day deliberate or simply a happy accident? There are no accidents in publishing. :) Yes, the choice of Trafalgar Day was deliberate. Patricia

Poster's Name:	Patricia Chui
Poster's Email:	pchui@wwnorton.com
Message Date:	1996-09-25 16:15:30 UTC

262 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Patrici Chui wrote: > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 96 14:30:56 EST > From: 'Patricia Chui' <pchui@wwnorton.com> > To: Hagenbuch/Kohler <hagendaz@prolog.net>, patrickobrian@norton2.wwnorton.com > Subject: Re: The Yellow Admiral > I haven't seen this answered, so.... > > THE YELLOW ADMIRAL's publication date is October 21. Patricia, Is the choice of Trafalgar Day deliberate or simply a happy accident? John Drouot Director. CCSL Ltd, ...

Poster's Name:	John Drouot
Poster's Email:	J.DROUOT@CCSL.CO.UK
Message Date:	1996-09-24 09:40:53 UTC

263 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

9/23/96 I appreciate all the suggestions about POB solutions (before October 21st) for my needing-to-be-amused-and-ailing brother. And I can sympathize with Patricia Chui's reasons for urging us all to buy The Yellow Admiral from local bookstores ASAP after publication date. It would be a kick to see it on the NYT best seller list. Sandra Kohler

Poster's Name:	Hagenbuch/Kohler
Poster's Email:	hagendaz@prolog.net
Message Date:	1996-09-24 02:19:37 UTC

264 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Bravo, Patricia! What a refreshingly honest statement. 'Shameless' it is, indeed, in the best and most 'original' sense of that misunderstood word. Bless you! I will be the creature peering into the windows of Barnes & Noble twenty minutes before they open on October 21. Michael Krugman >Yes, there is a shameless motive behind that, which is: to put PO'B on >the bestseller lists (specifically the New York Times Book Review >list), there needs to be a large quantity of bookstore ...

Poster's Name:	Michael Krugman
Poster's Email:	myriad@panix.com
Message Date:	1996-09-23 22:41:39 UTC

265 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

I haven't seen this answered, so.... THE YELLOW ADMIRAL's publication date is October 21. In this case, you will not (or should not) be able to get the book earlier than that. The fastest and best way to buy THE YELLOW ADMIRAL would be to buy it from your local bookstore. I urge you all not to order it from a catalog or through our warehouse, but to buy it from a *bookstore* as close to October 21 as you possibly can. Yes, there is a shameless motive behind that, which is: to put PO'B ...

Poster's Name:	Patricia Chui
Poster's Email:	pchui@wwnorton.com
Message Date:	1996-09-23 20:38:00 UTC

266 The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

9/22/96 I am a new subscriber to the POB listserv, and wonder whether anyone on the list can help with an errand of mercy. My brother is an avid reader of the Aubrey-Maturin books (I started him on them by sending him 'Master and Commander' after I'd become addicted, and having more leisure than I he promptly raced ahead and read them all, though I've since caught up). He is at present rather miserably awaiting hip surgery to replace a replacement, and one of the few things I can think of ...

Poster's Name:	Hagenbuch/Kohler
Poster's Email:	hagendaz@prolog.net
Message Date:	1996-09-23 01:46:37 UTC

267 First _The Yellow Admiral_ review. -- rank: 873

An excerpt. 'O'Brian is at the top of his elegant form here. He offers a wealth of sly humor (navy officers' talk is 'really not fit for mixed company because of its profoundly nautical character'), some splendid set pieces (a bare-knuckle boxing match, lively sea actions), characters who are palpably real and, as always, lapidary prose. This is splendid storytelling from a true master.' Publishers Weekly, Sept. 16, 1996. John ------------- John L. Berg, Sea Room, New discounted, Wooden sai ...

Poster's Name:	John Berg
Poster's Email:	johnberg@cris.com
Message Date:	1996-09-21 22:25:31 UTC

268 Food from the 'Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

I just viewed the latest edition of 'Lobscouse and Spotted Dog,' to discover that it discusses recipes of food mentioned in the 'Yellow Admiral.' Clearly Lisa Grossman and her mother have been allowed a preview. Truly the good things of this world are not distributed equally. Gerry Strey Wistful in Madison, Wisconsin

Poster's Name:	Gerry STREY
Poster's Email:	Gerry.Strey@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu
Message Date:	1996-09-09 23:22:06 UTC

269 POB: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

For those of us who are waiting eagerly for any word at all, however tiny, about _The Yellow Admiral_, I just came across the Prepub[lication] Alert for it in the June 15 issue of _Library Journal_. (Yes, I know I'm slow, I've been off work most of the summer). It reads, in its entirety, 'In this sequel to _The Commodore_, Jack Aubrey gratefully leaves behind his messy life ashore to pursue Napoleon, who has escaped from Gibraltar.' Just thought you'd like to know. Liz Bezera ecl_liz@flo.or ...

Poster's Name:	Liz Bezera
Poster's Email:	ECL_LIZ@macsch.com
Message Date:	1996-08-02 18:28:37 UTC

270 Re: Spoilers:_The_Yellow Admiral_ (Was: Media's Responsibility in VADM Brooda... -- rank: 873

No more Michael, not another word about the Yellow Admiral until the rest of us have an shot at a bookstore. Tain't fair!

Poster's Name:	Cdnbd@aol.com
Poster's Email:	Cdnbd@aol.com
Message Date:	1996-05-21 02:17:11 UTC