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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 ...
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.
Patrick O’Brian was born on 12th of December in the year 1914 in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. He died on second of January 2000. His birth name was Richard Patrick Russ. He wrote several novels in his lifetime including the famous Aubrey-Maturin series.
Jan 2, 2000 · Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of historical novels has been described as a masterpiece (David Mamet, New York Times), addictively ...
A collection of 21 novels by Patrick O'Brian, featuring the adventures of British naval officer Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin. Explore the ratings, reviews, editions, and summaries of each book in this acclaimed historical fiction series.
The Aubrey Maturin titles in order of publication. Master and Commander. Post Captain. H.M.S. Surprise. The Mauritius Command. Desolation Island. The Fortune of War. The Surgeon's Mate. The Ionian Mission.
Patrick O'Brian. 4.07. 58,782 ratings4,283 reviews. Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie.
