H.M.S. Surprise
Jack Aubrey, a captain in the British Navy, wishes to marry Sophie, but her family objects because of the social difference between them. Jack has only his salary and several debts. In command of the...
O'BRIAN, Patrick (ps. de Richard Patrick RUSS)
Master and Commander
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between...
The Far Side of the World
Reading O’Brian’s novels about ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin and ship’s captain Jack Aubrey is an addictive pleasure. In this volume, set during the War of 1812, they set off to intercept a powerful...