Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series

balefire · 12-17-2005, 08:26 PM

Anybody reading these? The Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian are the ones that the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is based off of. I just finished book 12, "The Letter of Marque" this week and will by the next one soon. You probably need to be something of a history buff to appreciate them, but this is one of the best series I've ever read.

swissganja · 01-04-2006, 11:15 PM

I have read about 10 of them out of order, I really enjoy maturin's extensive drug use and the whole description of for example eating coca leaves or taking drops of laudinum. The whole series is fantastic and I love the sea battles.
another fun series not involving ships, but british riflemen of the same era is Bernard Cornwell's
sharpe's rifles series,

he also wrote a trilogy on the civil war that takes place in virginia uh...
the Nathaniel Starbuck chronicles or something

12-17-2005, 08:26 PM	#1
balefire New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26 Grams: 1,774.95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series Anybody reading these? The Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian are the ones that the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is based off of. I just finished book 12, "The Letter of Marque" this week and will by the next one soon. You probably need to be something of a history buff to appreciate them, but this is one of the best series I've ever read.

01-04-2006, 11:15 PM	#2
swissganja New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23 Grams: 1,872.95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	excellent series I have read about 10 of them out of order, I really enjoy maturin's extensive drug use and the whole description of for example eating coca leaves or taking drops of laudinum. The whole series is fantastic and I love the sea battles. another fun series not involving ships, but british riflemen of the same era is Bernard Cornwell's sharpe's rifles series, he also wrote a trilogy on the civil war that takes place in virginia uh... the Nathaniel Starbuck chronicles or something

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