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| Master and
Commander by Patrick O'Brian The opening salvo of the Aubrey-Maturin epic, in which the surgeon introduces himself to the captain by driving an elbow into his ribs during a chamber-music recital. Fortunately for millions of readers, the two quickly make up. Then they commence one of the great literary voyages of our century, set against an immaculately-detailed backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This is the place to start--and in all likelihood, you won't be able to stop. |
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| Blue at the
Mizzen (The Aubrey/Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. |
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| Hundred Days (The
Aubrey/Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian The year is 1815, and Europe's most unpopular (not to mention tiniest) empire-builder has escaped from Elba. In The Hundred Days, it's up to Jack Aubrey--and surgeon-cum-spymaster Stephen Maturin--to stop Napoleon in his tracks. How? For starters, Aubrey and his squadron have been dispatched to the Adriatic coast, to keep Bonapartist shipbuilders from beefing up the French navy. Meanwhile, one Sheik Ibn Hazm is fomenting an Islamic uprising against the Allies. The only way to halt this maneuver is to intercept the sheik's shipment of gold--because in the Napoleonic era, as in our own, even the most ardent of mercenaries requires a salary. |
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| H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian This third segment takes Jack Aubrey to the Indian subcontinent, where both the waters and the terrain are full of unfamiliar dangers. There is, however, a prize in the offing: a flotilla of French ships sent to attack the China Fleet. If Aubrey and Maturin can intercept the French, their fortunes will be made. But can they? Join Captain Aubrey on the quarterdeck and find out for yourself. |
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| The Commodore
(Aubrey-Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian After several installments of gallivanting around the South Seas, Aubrey and Maturin return home to England, where the surgeon-cum-intelligence-agent discovers that his wife has disappeared. As if such a domestic crisis weren't enough, the intrepid pair are also dispatched to the Gulf of Guinea (to suppress the slave trade) and to Ireland (to rebuff an impending French invasion.) O'Brian's stunning range, coupled with his mind-bending command of minutiae, explain why he has been called "the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars." |
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| Desolation Island
by Patrick O'Brian Captain Bligh (yes, the guy from the Bounty) needs to be rescued, and the Royal Navy has the perfect man for the job: Captain Jack Aubrey. With his friend and cloak-and-dagger expert Stephen Maturin in tow, Aubrey sets off for Australia. Several factors, including an attractive spy and a small-scale epidemic, conspire to change his plans, and before long his frigate is being pursued into Antarctic waters by a Dutch man-of-war. Five installments into the series, the Aubrey-Maturin story remains (to quote The Observer) "the best thing afloat since Horatio Hornblower." |
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| The Far Side of
the World by Patrick O'Brian Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn, determined to intercept an American frigate before it can wreak havoc on the British whaling trade. As always, he is accompanied by intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, and as always, Aubrey has no idea of what his companion is up to. Another impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep. |
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| The Fortune of
War by Patrick O'Brian This time it's the War of 1812 that gets in the way of Captain Jack Aubery's plans. Caught en route to England in a dispatch vessel, Aubrey and Maturin are soon in the thick of a typically bloody naval engagement. Next stop: an American prison, from which only Maturin's cunning allows them to engineer an exit. |
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The Ionian
Mission
by Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey and Maturin return to the choppy Mediterranean waters where they first
served together, enforcing the Royal Navy's blockade of Toulon. Then the two companions
are sent to the Greek Islands, where another series of maritime cliff-hangers awaits them.
O'Brian performs his peculiar narrative magic as adeptly as ever, putting (as The Observer
would have it) the "spark of character into the sawdust of time."
The Letter
of Marque
by Patrick O'Brian
When Jack Aubrey is unfairly deprived of his commission in the Royal Navy, Stephen
Maturin comes to the rescue, purchasing the captain's former ship and outfitting it as a
privateer, to be commanded by...Jack Aubrey. Soon the Surprise is off to sea, on a mission
that Aubrey hopes will redeem his good name. The author's grasp of period detail is
astonishing as ever--and so is his gift for pure entertainment.
The
Mauritius Command
by Patrick O'Brian
Ashore without a command--and on half-pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers are
answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have
been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the French garrisons on
the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Alas, two of their own colleagues--a dilettante
and a martinet--prove to be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves
The Nutmeg
of Consolation
by Patrick O'Brian
Shipwrecked! When Captain Aubrey and his crew go aground on a remote island, they
labor to construct a seaworthy schooner from the wreckage (taking breaks, of course, to
play cricket.) Their subsequent adventures lead them to the dreaded penal colony at Botany
Bay, and then, as always, back to sea.
Post
Captain
by Patrick O'Brian
The year is 1803, and that scalawag Napoleon Bonaparte has gone to war again. For
Captain Jack Aubrey, who has fled to France to escape his creditors, this is doubly
alarming news. In short order the captain is interned, makes his escape across the French
countryside, and leads a ship into battle. And again, his adventures are cleverly
counterpointed by those of his alter ego Stephen Maturin.
The
Golden Ocean ~
by Patrick O'Brian
O'Brian's first sea-going novel, The Golden Ocean is a precurser to the acclaimed
Aubrey-Maturin series in its excitement and rich humor, its eloquent style and and
tapestry of historical detail. Peter Palofox, second son of a poor Irish parson, sets out
on the voyage of a lifetime when he seeks his fortune as a midshipman in Commodore Anson's
flotilla. With five ships under his command, Anson leaves England in 1740 to
circumnavigate the globe and attack Spanish ships wherever they can be found. Peter comes
of age in the complex but sharply defined community of the fleet as they engage in battle,
fight disease, and face shipwreck.
Lobscouse &
Spotted Dog : Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels
by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas, Patrick O'Brian
Harbors and High
Seas : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
by Dean King, John Hattendorf (Contributor), William J. Clipson, Adam
merton Cooper
A Sea of Words : A
Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales
by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf (Contributor), J. Worth Estes
(Contributor)
The Patrick O'Brian
Page from Norton Books
Patrick O'Brian Web Resources A Gunroom
Guide compiled by Gibbons Burke
Patrick O'Brian Discussion Archives
Patrick O'Brian's
'Foreign' Translated
The Roast Beef of Old England
music from Aubrey & Mautrin's time
