Richard Temple (novel)
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Patrick O'Brian |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) Norton (US) |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book (Cassette, CD) |
| Pages | 256 pp (UK) & 335 pp (US) |
| OCLC | 62421217 |
Richard Temple is a 1962 novel by Patrick O'Brian, told in flashback as Temple, a British agent, lies in a Gestapo cell in occupied France. After prolonged torture, the protagonist examines his past life as a painter in London in the 1930s,[1] and describes his early erotic encounters.[2] The novel contains many details of the author's youthful life.[3]
The joy Temple feels when he realises that the Gestapo have accepted pseudo-Temple as the truth, and that he is therefore safe, is the converse of O’Brian’s agony when journalists, late in his life, broke down his own cover story.
— William Waldegrave
Bibliography[edit]
- Richard Temple, London: Macmillan, 1962;
- Richard Temple, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006, ISBN 978-0-393-06187-1
References[edit]
- ^ Fantastic Fiction
- ^ Tayler, Christopher (6 May 2021). "For Want of a Dinner Jacket". London Review of Books. 43 (9).
- ^ "Before the mast was rigged". October 2005.
External links[edit]
- http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=22592
- http://leserglede.com/historical-fiction/patrick-obrian.html
- http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/o/patrick-obrian/richard-temple.htm
- https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/before-the-mast-was-rigged/
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