Editing Master and Commander (section)

===Norton US reissue 1990===
In 1989 Starling Lawrence, an editor with the US publisher [[W. W. Norton & Company|W W Norton]], borrowed a copy of ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' from O'Brian's London literary agent to read on his flight home to New York. Lawrence persuaded Norton that in spite of the failed attempts of two previous US publishers ''Master and Commander'' and the subsequent novels were worth re-publishing.<ref name=Horowitz>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/18/specials/obrian-comesin.html |title=Patrick O'Brian's Ship Comes In |date=16 May 1993 |first=Mark |last=Horowitz |newspaper=The New York Times |department=Book Reviews |access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> Norton's re-issued series (from 1990) was an almost immediate success and drew a new, large readership.{{sfn|Brown|2006|p=273}}