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Tie-in edition of the major film from Fox due next Spring. Starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind) as Stephen Maturin. Directed by Peter Weir. It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jack Aubrey: Capt "Lucky" Jack Aubrey
- Stephen Maturin: Ship's doctor
- Stephen: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Martin
- Mr Mowett
- Palmer
- Mr Allen
- Dr Maturin
- Killick
- Captain Aubrey
- Mr Higgins
- Hogg
- Bonden
- Francis Ives
- Mrs Homer
- Mr Pocock
- Hollom
- Maitland
- Howard
- Mrs Lamb
- Sutton
- Boyle
- Juan Fernandez
- Mr Adams
- Dundas
- Dr Harrington
- Mr Honey
- Mrs Horner
- Nagel
- Davis
- Mr Wray
- Diana
- Manu
- Joseph
- Sophie
- Blakeney
- Colnett
- Lopez
First Sentence edit
'Pass the word for Captain Aubrey, pass the word for Captain Aubrey,' cried a sequence of voices, at first dim and muffled far aft on the flagship's maindeck, then growing louder and more distinct as the call wafted up to the quarterdeck and so along the gangway to the forecastle, where Captain Aubrey stood by the starboard thirty-two-pounder carronade contemplating the Emperor of Morocco's purple galley as it lay off Jumper's Bastion with the vast grey and tawny Rock of Gibraltar soaring behind it, while Mr Blake, once a puny member of his midshipman's berth but now a tall, stout lieutenant almost as massive as his former captain, explained the new carriage he had invented, a carriage that should enable carronades to fire twice as fast, with no fear of oversetting, twice as far, and with perfect accuracy, thus virtually putting an end to war.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 10 of 21 in Aubrey-Maturin. (standard series)
Preceded by Treason's Harbour, and followed by The Reverse of the Medal .
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patrick O'Brian (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( O ) › O'Brian, Patrick
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › War
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › History › Military › War of 1812
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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