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From the moment that Master and Commander , the first of Patrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed his work as a masterpiece of historical recreation. ... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Great Britain
- France
- England
- Europe
- East India Company
- Ireland
- Toulon
- West Indies
- Spain
- Brest
- London
- Spithead
- Prussia
- Austria
- North America
- United States
- Portugal
- Egypt
- Naples
- Chatham
- Atlantic
- Portsmouth
- Malta
- Cadiz
- Caribbean
- South America
- Brazil
- Lake Erie
- Netherlands
- Africa
- Mauritius
- Syain
- Caledonia
- Asia
- Trincomalee
- Sweden
- Sick
- Antwerp
- San Josef
First Sentence edit
Hardly a breeze was stirring off the French naval base of Brest on January 2nd, 1793 as Captain Robert Barlow (captain by courtesy-he was a "Master and Commander," like Jack Aubrey in the Sophie) allowed the flood tide to carry his brig-sloop HMS Childers, armed with 14 or 16 guns according to different sources, toward the harbor.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Running Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0762415401
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Running Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0762415401
Page Count: 160
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 359
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