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Title	:	Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1)
Author	:	Patrick O'Brian
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 464 pages
Published	:	August 17th 1990 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1970)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Classics

Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1)

Patrick O'Brian

Paperback | Pages: 464 pages

Rating: 4.1 | 43042 Users | 3079 Reviews

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As the Royal Navy takes part in the wars against Napoleonic France, young Jack Aubrey receives his first command, the small, old, and slow HMS Sophie. Accompanied by his eccentric new friend, the physician and naturalist Stephen Maturin, Aubrey does battle with the naval hierarchy, with his own tendency to make social blunders, and with the challenges of forging an effective crew -- before ultimately taking on enemy ships in a vivid, intricately detailed series of sea battles.

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Original Title:	Master and Commander
ISBN:	0393307050 (ISBN13: 9780393307054)
Edition Language:	English URL https://wwnorton.com/books/master-and-commander/
Series:	Aubrey & Maturin #1
Characters:	Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize Nominee for The Lost Man Booker Prize Longlist (1970)

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Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander O'Brian's Master & Commander, the first of his impressively lengthy 21-volume Aubrey/Maturin series which takes place during the era of the Napoleonic Wars, surely must have one of the all-time great set-ups of a male friendship in all of literature. The meeting of our two protagonists - Jack Aubrey an impoverished lieutenant aching for command of a ship, Stephen Maturin a rather aimless surgeon with a deep love

"Never mind maneuvers - go straight at 'em!" This describes the main character's temperament perfectly. But when combined with his alter-ego's more calculating nature, the POV is entirely human and utterly compelling in it's contradictions, flaws and dramatic leverage.This book had everything in it that I love in great books. The sentence structure and wordplay were so dexterous and pleasing that I chuckled at its art and cleverness. I learned later that Mr. "O'Brian" (his nom de plume, a fact

The first book in a series that I adore.I've spent a long time trying to figure out the Aubrey / Maturin phenomenon. On the surface, O'Brian appears to make some rookie mistakes when it comes to historical nautical fiction. In places, when describing complex tacking maneuvers, the ways in which sails are set, or fleets wearing or attacking together, O'Brian gets fathoms deep into nautical jargon so that even Stephen Maturin, the well-appointed lubberly reader's surrogate, can't bail you out. A

I did not enjoy reading this book. I forced myself to finish it. Why did I not dump it? Two reasons. There are some descriptive lines that create an atmosphere that drew me in. Secondly, the tale is episodic; I was hoping that episodes in the latter half would turn my view around. The descriptive lines proved to be too few and only one episode, about half-way through, satisfied me. If one were to ask me to answer quickly how I reacted to this book, my response would be I did not like it. That is

I'll be totally honest here: I read this book because I saw the movie version first. There were other reasons, of course - this book (and the entire series) is generally well-reviewed, and my dad is a huge fan of the series. But mostly I picked this up because I freaking love the movie and wanted to see how the book matched up. Very well, it turns out. Although some good parts from the movie are missing here (like that adorable kid who gets his arm amputated), I didn't mind - Master and

This story posed a bugger of a ratings quandary for yours truly. While reading it I was bouncing around between everything from a bountiful 5 star rating for pure quality of writing, hefty historical detail and superbly drawn characters, all the way south to a skimpy 2 star for less than engaging plotting, iceberg-like pacing and noticeable lack of emotional resonance. Finally, in my best impression of Solomon, I settled on a solid, if not quite ebullient, 3 stars based on the fact that I was

Second time lucky: in my first attempt, I put the book away after a chapter and a half, slightly daunted by maritime jargon and a little bored by the lack of action right from the start. I guess it also caught me in a bad spot, too tired to give the story a fair chance, because coming back to it years later, I couldn't put it down, immediately setting aside the other three books I had on. The technical terms are as eclectic and frequent as I remembered (the schematic of a square rigged ship