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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) |
Patrick O'Brian
Paperback | Pages: 464 pages Rating: 4.1 | 43042 Users | 3079 Reviews
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| Title | : | Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1) |
| Author | : | Patrick O'Brian |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | August 17th 1990 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1970) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Classics |
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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.Rating Regarding Books Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1)
Ratings: 4.1 From 43042 Users | 3079 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1)
You know, I've often been annoyed by the fact that so many times, I never get to experience something the way it was intended, or to its fullest. Because someone else always gets there first, and someone's else's eyes are always put in front of mine before I get the chance to do it for myself (I recall writing a very emotional paper on Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring, the Chevalier book and the movie that followed along these lines. Yeah, I was a silly teenager). I often see the parodies ofNow, this is my favorite maritime historical novel. It has just dislodged Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdhal and Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen. The reason: the detailed and vivid writing of Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000). How could a trained pilot write a 20-novel Aubrey-Maturin (yes, this is 411-page book is just the first) about naval warfare during Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) with such details and jargons as if he was from the era?
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
The music-room in the Governors House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatellis C major quartet. The players were playing with passionate conviction as they mounted towards the penultimate crescendo, towards the tremendous pause and the deep, liberating final chord. Thus the first sentence of Master and Commander; thus begins the grand series of historical novels penned by Patrick OBrian over the last three decades of the
The classic high seas adventure! In the year 1800, Jack Aubrey sits next Stephen Maturin at a musical performance in Port Mahon, Minorca, a base of the British Royal Navy in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Italy. They immediately rub each other the wrong way. Both are snappish because of other issues in their lives, and they part planning on next meeting for a duel. But when Jack is given his first command of a ship, all is forgiven, and he needs a ship's surgeon: who better than
I grew up with C.S. Forester Hornblower books, which gave me a lifelong passion for both the sea and the navy of the long 18th century navy. It was this that attracted me to the work of Patrick OBrian. I first picked up a copy of Master and Commander in the 1980s, and was immediately stuck by the writing style. The author was using authentic regency dialogue, and seemed to make no attempt to compromise in his use of nautical jargon. This made the first few chapters disconcerting, but I soon
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
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