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The Aubrey/Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

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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.

Master and Commander

Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

The very first of O'Brian's wildly successful seafaring novels about Captain Aubrey and sidekick Maturin sets the duo against a well-researched Napoleonic wars backdrop in the Western Mediterranean. (MED27, $13.95)

Post Captain

Post Captain

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The second in the Aubrey/Maturrin series, set in England and France. (FRN171, $15.95)

H.M.S. Surprise

H.M.S. Surprise

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 379 PAGES

The third in O'Brian's celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series finds Jack Aubrey in India. (IDA236, $14.95)

The Mauritius Command

The Mauritius Command

by 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. (SEY18, $14.95)

Desolation Island

Desolation Island

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

The 5th in the great Aubrey/Maturin series, with Aubrey on a mission to rescue Captain Bligh. (ATL19, $14.95)

Fortune of War

Fortune of War

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 329 PAGES

The sixth in the series, involving among other things the War of 1812 and lost love returned. (INS95, $14.95)

The Surgeon's Mate

The Surgeon's Mate

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER

The seventh book, with American privateers in hot pursuit across Newfoundland's Grand Banks. (NFL12, $14.95)

The Ionian Mission

The Ionian Mission

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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 af-fairs. (MED26, $14.95)

Treason's Harbour

Treason's Harbour

by 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. (MLT16, $14.95)

The Far Side of the World

The Far Side of the World

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy. (SAM01, $14.95)

The Reverse of the Medal

The Reverse of the Medal

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

In book 11 of the Aubrey and Maturin series, 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). (ATL04, $14.95)

The Letter of Marque

The Letter of Marque

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

The 12th (and perhaps the most satisfying) of O'Brian's series combines the personal and geopolitical as Aubrey comes to Maturin's rescue in the Baltics. (ATL20, $14.95)

The Thirteen Gun Salute

The Thirteen Gun Salute

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 319 PAGES

The 13th in the series (hence the title?) with our heroes dispatched to the Dutch East Indies. (INS37, $15.95)

The Nutmeg of Consolation

The Nutmeg of Consolation

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 315 PAGES

This 14th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series finds Captain Aubrey and his crew shipwrecked and making their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay, the notorious first European settlement in Australia. (AUS17, $15.95)

The Truelove

The Truelove

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Aubrey and Maturin is deep trouble in the South Pacific, 15th in the fine series. (PAC142, $14.95)

The Wine-Dark Sea

The Wine-Dark Sea

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 261 PAGES

The 16th in the series, in pursuit from the South Pacific around the Cape of Good Hope to South America. (SAM59, $14.95)

The Commodore

The Commodore

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 282 PAGES

The 17th in the series, With Aubrey back home in England and in battle off West Africa. (WAF73, $13.95)

The Yellow Admiral

The Yellow Admiral

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

Eighteenth in the series, with Aubrey dispatched to Gibraltar after Napoleon makes his escape. (GBR425, $14.95)

The Hundred Days

The Hundred Days

by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Napoleon's escape from Elba as filtered through the marvelous novelistic lens of Patrick O'Brian. (MED38, $14.95)

Blue at the Mizzen

Blue at the Mizzen

by 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)

 
Jack Aubrey Commands, An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian

Jack Aubrey Commands, An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian


by Brian Lavery

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 182 PAGES

A lively, wonderfully illustrated survey of life in Lord Nelson's Royal Navy, battles and ships. (GBR422, $45.00)

The Frigate Surprise


by Brian Lavery | Geoff Hunt

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

One of the many beauties of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin series is that they feel so real. One reason is that the Surprise was a real 28-gun frigate. This is the story of the ship in life and in fiction, accompanied by 35 luminous paintings, maps, marine plans, photographs and archival illustrations. (OCE141, $39.95)

Harbors and High Seas, An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

Harbors and High Seas, An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian


by Dean King

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

A roundup of the novels with maps and place-by-place descriptions. (GBR423, $22.99)

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 6980 PAGES

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, $200.00)

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