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  1. 3 days ago · I can honestly say I have read each of the 21 novels of his Aubrey-Maturin Series at least three times. My wife calls it my sailing porn. If you like adventure start with the classic, Master and Commander. It is historical fiction combined with adventure and detailed character development.

  2. 5 days ago · Series: Aubrey & Maturin – Book 2. Author: Patrick O’Brian. Genre: Historical Fiction (Napoleonic Wars) Length: 19:23 [=480 Pages] Rating: 4 out of 5. In this installment of the series, Captain Jack & Dr. Maturin spend most of the book ashore. We spend at least as much time in Jane Austenesque pursuit of romance as in naval battles.

  3. 1 day ago · OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey–Maturin series Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac Evie Wyld, The Echoes Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne Sinead ...

  4. 5 days ago · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir (2004): As a brilliant adaptation of Patrick O’Brian’s beloved Aubrey/Maturin series, this film is unorthodox in many ways, not least in its non-formulaic tone and plot.

  5. 5 days ago · 18 One of my favorite episodes in the Aubrey/Maturin series is when Jack hoodwinks Admiral Linois into thinking the China Fleet is a Royal Navy squadron and sends the French packing. (Based on a true incident, too.)

  6. 5 days ago · Sarah J. Maas has written three iconic " romantasy " series, including A Court of Thorns & Roses and Crescent City . Although each series shares similarities, they stand out as distinct stories with varying levels of quality, though all have fairly impressive Goodreads ratings.

  7. 4 days ago · It appears in part in the 40th chapter of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and in chapter 7 of Post Captain, the 2nd book and in Treason's Harbour, the 9th book of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set during the Napoleonic Wars.