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Patrick O'Brian CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and centred on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen ...
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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 between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, a physician, natural philosopher, and intelligence agent.
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Jun 17, 2000 · Patrick O'Brian. 4.76. 1,282 ratings135 reviews. Comprising: Master & Commander; Post Captain; H.M.S. 'Surprise'; The Mauritius Command; Desolation Island; The Fortune of War; The Surgeon's Mate; The Ionian Mission; Treason's Harbour; The Far Side of the World; The Reverse of the Medal; The Letter of Marque; The Thirteen-Gun Salute;
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Jan 1, 2004 · Patrick O'Brian, Richard Snow. 4.01. 3,713 ratings235 reviews. To the delight of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series, for the first time in paperback.
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Aug 17, 1990 · 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 wars.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Series. 4.76. 2,240 ratings138 reviews. Patrick O'Brian's masterpiece, the Aubrey-Maturin series, follows the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Dr. Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.
Patrick Karl O'Brien FRHistS FBA (born 12 August 1932) is a British historian who serves as professor emeritus of global economic history at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
