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Desolation Island

novel by Patrick O'Brian
Book written_work Q3819481
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Summary

Desolation Island is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (711 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Patrick O'Brian[3]
  • Publisher: William Collins, Sons[4]
  • Genre: historical prose literature[5]
  • Follows: The Mauritius Command[6]
  • Part of the series: Aubrey-Maturin series[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[9]
  • Publication date: 1978[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Q133261770[11]
  • Title: Desolation Island[12]
  • Set in environment: ship[13]

Why It Matters

Desolation Island is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 2366490
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'it']
    Instance of → written work
    Set in environment → ship
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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