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The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

by Patrick O'Brian

A handsomely bound omnibus edition of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring classics, including three chapters of the unfinished twenty-first novel. The recent release of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has focused even more attention on the publishing phenomenon of the late Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels about the Royal Navy in the age of Nelson. These five volumes, beautifully... (more)

Aubrey-Maturin series: Book 20

Blue at the Mizzen

by Patrick O'Brian

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America--where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain--the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of... (more)

The Fortune of War (Aubrey Maturin Series)

The Fortune of War (Aubrey Maturin Series)

by Patrick O'Brian

Jack Aubrey is appointed to command the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy. He and Stephen Maturin sail back to England--just as the War of 1812 breaks out.

H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey Maturin Series)

by Patrick O'Brian

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying... (more)

Aubrey-Maturin series: Book 13

The Thirteen-Gun Salute

by Patrick O'Brian

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life, having earned reinstatement to the Royal Navy through his exploits as a privateer. Now he shepherds Stephen Maturin on a diplomatic mission to prevent links between Bonaparte and the Malay princes which could put English merchant shipping at risk.

The Nutmeg of Consolation (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels (New York, N.Y.), 14.)

Aubrey-Maturin series: Book 14

The Nutmeg of Consolation (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels (New York, N.Y.), 14.)

by Patrick O'Brian

While fashioning a schooner out of the remains of their wrecked ship, Captain Aubrey and his crew suffer an attack by Malay pirates and must rely on the ingenuity of ship's surgeon--and intelligence agent--Stephen Maturin. Reprint.

Master & Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

The beginning to the sweeping Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic... (more)

The Mauritius Command (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels (New York, N.Y.), 4.)

The Mauritius Command (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels (New York, N.Y.), 4.)

by Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command -- until his friend, and... (more)

The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey Maturin Series)

Aubrey-Maturin series: Book 11

The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey Maturin Series)

by Patrick O'Brian

In the early 1800s, the British Navy stands as the only bulwark against the militant fanaticism of Napoleonic France. When Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., returns from a tour of duty protecting whalers off South America and is lured into the criminal underground of London, friend Stephen Maturin steps in.

The Wine-Dark Sea (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 16.)

Aubrey-Maturin series: Book 16

The Wine-Dark Sea (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 16.)

by Patrick O'Brian

At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the great South Sea. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America.

The Letter of Marque: Library Edition (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio))

The Letter of Marque: Library Edition (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio))

by Patrick O'Brian

Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post captains for a crime he did not commit. Old friend Stephen Maturin, of British intelligence, gets Aubrey to help him in a desperate mission against the French which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. "A splendid saga."--Los Angeles Times Book Review.