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Available for the first time in the United States--a tale of art and espionage during World War II by the best-selling author of the Aubrey-Maturin series.

The eponymous protagonist of this novel is a prisoner of the German army in France; but as we soon discover, he is nobody's idea of a hero. 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 his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, which is 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, coupled with the outbreak of war, that propels him into the world of espionage.
 
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Hardback Editions

October 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0786289430Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-7862-8943-0 / 978-0-7862-8943-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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September 2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0007214987Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-00-721498-7 / 978-0-00-721498-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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January 1962 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B002GUCTLUTitle: Richard Temple.
Author(s): Patrick. O'Brian
Publisher: MacMillan, London, 1962.
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Paperback Editions

November 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0393330664Title: Richard Temple: A Novel
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-393-33066-4 / 978-0-393-33066-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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May 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007225679Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-00-722567-9 / 978-0-00-722567-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000O8RRAOTitle: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: HARPER COLLINS 0 PUB
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January 1961 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001QWXNVYTitle: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: Macmillan
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Audio Editions

October 2007 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1407900390Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 1-4079-0039-0 / 978-1-4079-0039-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Soundings Audio Books
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October 2007 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1407900404Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 1-4079-0040-4 / 978-1-4079-0040-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Soundings Audio Books
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May 2006 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 0792740521Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-7927-4052-1 / 978-0-7927-4052-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
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May 2006 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0792742265Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-7927-4226-5 / 978-0-7927-4226-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Sound Library
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Other Editions

April 2006 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 0393061876Title: Richard Temple: A Novel
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
ISBN: 0-393-06187-6 / 978-0-393-06187-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: W W Norton & Co
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1962 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B001OC1VRYTitle: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: Macmillan
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1962 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B00179L9L2Title: Richard Temple
Author(s): Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: Macmillan
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