Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
Historical Fiction
Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian
—· 412 p· 1969
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonadventuroustense
Overview
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This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. 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…
Part of a series
Aubrey-Maturin
Vol. I · 2 of 20 volumes
VOL 2
2
II
Post Captain
VOL 3
3
III
H.M.S. Surprise
VOL 4
4
IV
The Mauritius Command
VOL 5
5
V
Desolation Island
VOL 6
6
VI
The Fortune of War
VOL 8
8
VIII
The Ionian Mission
VOL 9
9
IX
Treason's Harbour
VOL 10
10
X
The Far Side of the World
VOL 11
11
XI
The Reverse of the Medal
VOL 12
12
XII
The Letter of Marque
VOL 13
13
XIII
The Thirteen-Gun Salute
VOL 14
14
XIV
The Nutmeg of Consolation
VOL 15
15
XV
The Truelove
VOL 16
16
XVI
The Wine-Dark Sea
VOL 17
17
XVII
The Commodore
VOL 18
18
XVIII
The Yellow Admiral
VOL 19
19
XIX
The Hundred Days
VOL 20
20
XX
Blue at the Mizzen
18 more volumes
Pages
412
HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Nautical Authenticity10
Worldbuilding9
Prose9
Narration9
Character Chemistry9
Emotional depth7
Pacing7
Plot twists6
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