Master and commander

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Title:

Master and commander

Author:

O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000, author.

Series:

Aubrey/Maturin ;

Series Number:

Summary:

The first volume of the Aubrey/Maturin novels introduces Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, in the age of the Napoleonic wars.

General Note:

"First published in 1970 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd"--T.p. verso.

Physical Description:

459 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Ship physicians -- Fiction.

Ship captains -- Fiction.

Sea stories.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Publication Date:

2003

1970

ISBN:

9780393325171

Publication Information:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2003], c1970.

Call Number:

OBRIAN

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It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to command of H.M.S. Sophie?, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and secret intelligence agent, Aubrey and his crew engage in one thrilling battle after another, their journey culminating in a stunning clash with a mighty Spanish frigate against whose guns and manpower the tinynbsp;?Sophie? is hopelessly outmatched.

Author Notes

Patrick O'Brian is the author of twenty volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.

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Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the roar of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.Patrick O'Brian can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time. --Observer Excerpted from Master and Commander: Book by Patrick O'Brian All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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