| ID: | 13046 |
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| Entry Text: | King, Dean. Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed. New York: Henry Holt; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000, xviii, 397 pp. Conclusion: O'Brian not the man he claimed to be; changed name from Russ, abandoned wife & 2 children; claim to be Irish not true; accepted honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, based on Irish claim; Dean had no assistance from O'Brian. |