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      Richard Temple

      by Patrick O'Brian
      Published
      Apr 2006
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      336
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      The protagonist of this World War II novel is a prisoner of the German army in France. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination—one might almost call it a prosecution—of his own life.

      Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and from his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the 1930s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders his one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship and the outbreak of war that propels him into the world of espionage.

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      Nov 2007 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393330663 ISBN10 0393330664
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      May 2006 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007225675 ISBN10 0007225679
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      First Edition Sep 2005 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007214983 ISBN10 0007214987
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      Apr 2006 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393061871 ISBN10 0393061876
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      Nov 2007 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN10 B00H419G26
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      Jun 2012 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007466467 ISBN10 0007466463
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      Dec 2013 Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. ISBN13 9780393245134 ISBN10 0393245136
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      May 2006 BBC Audiobooks ISBN13 9780792740520 ISBN10 0792740521
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      Oct 2006 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786289431 ISBN10 0786289430
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