Books by Nikolai Tolstoy

An intimate portrait of Patrick O'Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.

The defintive account of the early life of the revered author of the Aubrey-Maturin novels including Master and Commander. Nikolai Tolstoy was O'Brian's stepson and his acquaintanceship with him lasted forty-five years during most of O'Brian's marriage to Mary Tolstoy, Nikolai's mother.