Aubrey–Maturin series
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The Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence of nautical historical novels—20 completed and one unfinished—by English author Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centring on the friendship b
A replica of HMS Surprise at the San Diego Maritime Museum, based on HMS Rose and used in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
A diagram of 1728 illustrating the exterior and rigging of a third-rate ship and the interior of a first-rate ship.
Master and Commander
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Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey–
Aubrey–Maturin series
…Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, a physician, natural philosopher, and intelligence agent. The first novel, Master and Commander, was published in 1969 and the last finished novel in 1999. The 21st novel of the series, left unfinished at O'Brian's death in 2000, appeared in print…
First US edition (Lippincott, 1969)
Geoff Hunt cover used on reissues