Here are all the Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian, which feature Captain Jack Aubrey, and his great friend Stephen Maturin, a naturalist-cum-spy, against an impressively-researched backdrop of Lord Nelson's British Navy.

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	Master and Commander  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 412 PAGES The very first of the wildly (and deservedly!) popular ocean-going novels of Aubrey and Maturin. It sets Captain Jack and his surgeon/naturalist/spy sidekick Stephen Maturin against an impressively researched backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This first volume takes place in O'Brian's backyard in the Western Mediterranean with significant action taking place at Minorca, Palermo and Gibraltar. (MED27, $13.95)
	Post Captain  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES The second in O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin novels, set during the Napoleonic Wars. This one continues the story of Captain Jack Aubrey and his seafearing adventures off the coast of France, where Aubrey has been imprisoned by his creditors. Aubrey and Maturin's relationship is deepened, and strained, as they each pursue their loves, Sophie and Diana. (FRN171, $14.95)
	H.M.S. Surprise  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 379 PAGES The third in O'Brian's celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series finds Jack Aubrey in India itching to capture a French ship, and his naturalist pal Maturin intensely interested in the beetles (while dabbling in espionage). (IDA236, $13.95)
	The Mauritius Command  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 348 PAGES The rousing tale of a mission to the Mascarene Islands to take Rodriguez, Mauritius and Reunion from the French and install a proper British governor. It's the fourth of the series of hugely popular Aubrey-Maturin novels, rich in the geopolitics and ambience of the Napoleanic-era British navy. (SEY18, $14.95)
	Desolation Island  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 325 PAGES The fifth book in the great Aubrey/Maturin series, set in the Pacific and Australia, with Aubrey on a commission to rescue the William Bligh, later of Bounty fame, from an earlier mutiny. This episode of the series features a chase that takes Aubrey's ship, the Leopard, into the mountainous seas of the Southern Ocean -- perhaps the most exciting scene in all the novels (which is saying something!). (ATL19, $13.95)
	Fortune of War  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 329 PAGES The sixth of the Aubrey-Maturin series, this book opens in the Dutch East Indies although Aubrey and Maturin soon find themselves fighting the Americans in the War of 1812 -- and Maturin's love life becomes interesting again, as Diana Villiers, his long lost love, shows up in Boston. (INS95, $14.95)
	The Surgeon's Mate  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER The seventh in the Aubrey-Maturin series. This one focuses on naturalist-spy Maturin being chased across the Grand Banks by a couple of American privateers. He makes it back to England, of course, where he's sent on a new and perilous mission with Aubrey to France. (NFL12, $14.95)
	The Ionian Mission  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES Captain Jack at large in the Mediterranean in an ancient man-of-war. This, the eighth volume in the rousing Aubrey and Maturin series, takes the commander and his naturalist sidekick into the eponymous Ionian Isles, getting them mixed up not only with the French navy but also in Ottoman affairs. (MED26, $14.95)
	Treason's Harbour  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 334 PAGES Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey and the crew of the H.M.S. Surprise contend with pirates and Napoleon's spies in this splendid novel set on and around Malta. This is the ninth book in O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which pits a British sea captain and his surgeon/naturalist sidekick against Napoleonic forces around the globe. The series is as laudable for its attention to geographical and natural detail as for its historically accurate, high-adventure plots. (MLT16, $13.95)
	The Far Side of the World  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 366 PAGES This tale, set in 1812, features a trip around Cape Horn, as Stephen Maturin, Patrick O'Brian's wonderful opium-addicted naturalist, explores the New World with his pal Jack Aubrey. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series, with a book featuring evocative descriptions of Patagonian wildlife and features of the natural environment. A great read (and a great reread for O'Brian fans). (SAM01, $13.95)
	The Reverse of the Medal  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES Continuing home from the epic voyage of book 10 in this fantastically popular series of oceangoing novels, Captain Jack and his surgeon/naturalist sidekick Stephen Maturin head from Barbados through the Caribbean across the Atlantic to the Azores and their old stomping grounds in London (where 2/3 of the novel is set). O'Brian builds thumping good tales from the nuts-and-bolts details of sailing ships, Nelson's navy and exotic places around the world. (ATL04, $14.95)
	The Letter of Marque  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 284 PAGES Though merely the 12th in a series that eventually became 20 books, this may be the most satisfying of the lot. Aubrey and Maturin are up to their old tricks. After a success in the Azores, they go by separate means to the Baltic, where Maturin, attempting to find Diana to make things right, is essentially rescued by Aubrey. There's more after this one, but it doesn't get any better. (ATL20, $14.95)
	The Thirteen Gun Salute  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 319 PAGES The 13th in the Aubrey/Maturin series. This one finds Aubrey reinstated in the Royal Navy, and off to the East Indies, with Maturin, of course, in tow. The mission: to head off the French and make a deal with the Sultan of Borneo. (INS37, $14.95)
	The Nutmeg of Consolation  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 315 PAGES Further adventures (the 14th installment) of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. The passage on Botany Bay is one of the most evocative (and frightening) descriptions we know of the first European settlement in Australia. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series (stories from which formed the basis for the recent movie Master and Commander). (AUS17, $13.95)
	The Truelove  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Another fine installment, the 15th, in the Aubrey-Maturin series. This one finds Captain Aubrey and Stephen Maturin is deep trouble in the South Pacific, where they are sent to charm a Polynesian Queen. (PAC142, $13.95)
	The Wine-Dark Sea  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 261 PAGES The 16th in the Aubrey-Maturin series, opens in the South Pacific, but soon moves, via a thrilling chase, to South America. Maturin and Aubrey go their separate ways: Maturin escaping his espionage problems high in the Andes, while Aubrey pursues his nautical adventures around Cape Horn. (SAM59, $14.95)
	The Commodore  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 282 PAGES The 17th in the Aubrey opens with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Matuin home at last in England (the first time since vol 13). It's a relatively happy homecoming for Jack, but one fraught with domestic problems for Maturin. The climax is a tremendous battle off the coast of West Africa. (WAF73, $13.95)
	The Yellow Admiral  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 262 PAGES The 18th in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It's Jack's turn for domestic problems and he's trying very hard to avoid becoming a "yellow" admiral (that is, one without any real command). Not to fear! Before the end of the book, our hero is thrust back into the action when Napoleon escapes from Elba. (GBR425, $14.95)
	The Hundred Days  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES In the second to last of O'Brian's wildly popular "Aubrey and Maturin" novels, the seafaring duo are hot on the trail of Napoleon Bonaparte, who has escaped from exile on Elba and is threatening to invade Europe. The plot hinges on a shipment of Islamic gold that must be intercepted at all costs. (MED38, $14.95)
	Blue at the Mizzen  •  Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES In this, the last exciting episode of the series, Captain Aubrey's crew sails to South America to help Chile gain independence from Spain. (CHI33, $14.95)

	Harbors and High Seas, An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian  •  Dean King   • LITERATURE  •  A roundup of the novels with maps and place-by-place descriptions. (GBR423, $21.00)
	The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  Once you get started reading these, it is very hard to stop -- and with the whole series you won't have to. Here they all are in a 5-volume omnibus edition, including the three chapters of O'Brian's unfinished 21st volume (GBR424, $175.00)

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