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Aubrey–Maturin series Information
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The Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence of 20 completed and one unfinished historical novels by Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon...


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Publishers Weekly
21: The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series. .(Book Review)
08/30/2004: 304 words, approx. 1 pages
21: The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series PATRICK O'BRIAN, AFTERWORD BY RICHARD SNOW. Norton, $21.95 (144p) ISBN 0-393-06025-X For Aubrey/Maturin addicts, there could be no better gift: a new, albeit incomplete, story with freshly piquant details, wry humor and...
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The Boston Globe
Limping into port? The Aubrey-Maturin series, at Vol. 19, may be in need of a drydock refitting
10/04/1998: 1,318 words, approx. 4 pages
THE HUNDRED DAYS By Patrick O'Brian. Norton. 281 pp. $24. John Ferguson is assistant book editor of the Globe. There are fans of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels who have maintained for some time that the series is not what it was. Somewhere in...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Christopher Hitchens
6,143 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Hitchens compares and contrasts O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series to C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower saga, and discusses the personal insights found in Dean King's biography Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed.
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Critical Essay by Thomas R. Edwards
5,764 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Edwards offers a positive assessment of the Aubrey/Maturin series, stating that the novels transcend mere genre writing.
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Critical Review by James Hamilton-Paterson
3,858 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following review, Hamilton-Paterson discusses O'Brian's writing style, focusing on The Rendezvous and Other Stories, The Commodore, and Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays and a Bibliography.
 
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Master and Commander Film Review
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Provides a review of the film Master and Commander, directed by Peter Weir and starring Australian actor Russell Crow. Provides a plot summary and short list of credits. Evaluates the quality of the movie.


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