"the chequered career of Thomas Cochrane. Often in the other 17 novels in the series, Aubrey may witness an action or hear of one that is drawn from history, while the battles or other encounters with ships he captains are fictional. Besides reaching the peak of naval skills and authority, Aubrey is presented as being interested in mathematics and astronomy, a great lover of music and player of the violin, a hearty singer and is generally accompanied by his friend and shipmate Stephen Maturin on the cello. He is noted for his mangling and mis-splicing of proverbs, sometimes with Maturin's"
"Jack Aubrey John ""Jack"" Aubrey, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. The series portrays his rise from lieutenant to rear-admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The twenty (and one incomplete draft)-book series encompasses Aubrey's adventures and various commands along his course to flying a rear admiral's flag. Some of his naval battles and adventures are drawn from Royal Navy history. Several of his exploits and reverses, most importantly those in the plots of ""Master and Commander"", ""The Reverse of the Medal"" and ""Blue at the Mizzen"", are directly based on"
"into mortal peril in even the calmest water – allowing Jack Aubrey to demonstrate his proficiency at diving rescues – and is prone to plunging down hatches and companionways on board ship. His clumsiness may (in part) be due to his torture by the French at Mahon early in the book series. Despite this, he is a crack shot with both pistol and rifle, and is an expert swordsman and veteran duelist, and continues to perform successful surgeries. In reviewing the , Christopher Hitchens finds ""the summa of O'Brian's genius was the invention of Dr. Stephen Maturin. He is the"
"success in the Mauritius campaign. Jack Aubrey is played by Russell Crowe in the 2003 film """". He is played by David Robb in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of the novels. Jack Aubrey John ""Jack"" Aubrey, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. The series portrays his rise from lieutenant to rear-admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The twenty (and one incomplete draft)-book series encompasses Aubrey's adventures and various commands along his course to flying a rear admiral's flag. Some of his naval battles and adventures are drawn from Royal"
"first book to have Hunt's work on the first edition. He continued to paint the covers for future books; the covers were used on both USA and UK editions. Reissues of earlier novels used the Geoff Hunt covers. In 2014, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of author Patrick O'Brian, BBC Radio 4 aired a 10-part adaptation of ""The Surgeon's Mate"", with Benedict Cumberbatch as narrator. The series was first aired in 2004. The Surgeon's Mate The Surgeon's Mate is the seventh historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series written by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1980. The"
"Master and Commander Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey-Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, that O'Brian continued working on up until his death in 2000. The novel is set at the turn of the 19th century. It follows the young Jack Aubrey who has just been promoted to the rank of Master and Commander, and Stephen Maturin, a destitute physician and naturalist whom Aubrey appoints"
"The Surgeon's Mate The Surgeon's Mate is the seventh historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series written by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1980. The story is set during the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. Buoyed by victory over an American ship, Aubrey, Maturin and Diana Villiers speed to England on a mail packet that is chased for the papers in Maturin's hands, and possibly for Diana herself. The papers, including a copy of the official report of victory over an American ship, thus arrive in England before the originals, as the packet sailed to outrun the American chasers."
"Post Captain (novel) Post Captain is the second historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1972. It features the characters of Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin in the early 19th century and is set in the Napoleonic Wars. During the brief Peace of Amiens, Aubrey and Maturin live in a country house allowing both of them to meet the women they love. The mores of courtship restrict both men as to making a proposal of marriage. Then their lives are turned upside down when Aubrey loses his money due to decisions of"
"a new and wider audience, as Mark Howowitz describes. Two of my favorite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in print in England since the first, ""Master and Commander,"" was published in 1970. O'Brian's British fans include T. J. Binyon, Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt, Timothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers in the"
"the fourteenth novel in the series and initially published in 1991. Two of my favourite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in print in England since the first, ""Master and Commander,"" was published in 1970. O'Brian's British fans include T. J. Binyon, Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt, Timothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers"
"Captain Sullivan and Professor Ayrton demonstrate traits and practices which may be seen later in Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. On first look, the personalities of Captain Sullivan and Captain Aubrey are dissimilar; however, a likeness can be drawn between them. For example, Captain Sullivan exhibits superior courage, sailing and fighting abilities, as does Captain Aubrey. Sullivan travels with a particular friend, Ross, just as Aubrey almost always travels with Maturin. The significance of this similarity, the bond between the pairs of men, its development and role in the story line, is emphasised in the words of Patrick O'Brian: ""The"
"deep respect for naval tradition. Remarkable early success earned him the nickname ""Lucky Jack Aubrey"" and a reputation as a ""fighting captain"", a reputation which he sought to retain throughout his career. But while frequently ""brilliant"" and much respected at sea, he is less competent on land, as indiscreet liaisons, impertinent remarks, and poor financial decisions often bring him trouble. Aubrey's professional life of daring exploits and reverses was inspired by the chequered careers of Thomas Cochrane and other notable captains of the Royal Navy from the period. Irish-Catalan Dr. Stephen Maturin ostensibly serves as an adept ship's surgeon on"
"uses some of the characters, dialogue and events from the Aubrey-Maturin series, but does not faithfully reproduce the plot of the books. Master and Commander Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey-Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, that O'Brian continued working on up until his death in 2000. The novel is set at the turn of the 19th century. It follows the young Jack Aubrey who"
"the early 19th century and describe the life and careers of Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, naval physician Dr Stephen Maturin. The books are distinguished by O'Brian's deliberate use and adaptation of actual historical events, either integrating his protagonists in the action without changing the outcome, or using adapted historical events as templates. In addition to this trait and to O'Brian's distinctive literary style, his sense of humour is prominent (see Humour in main article, ""Aubrey-Maturin series""). Technical sailing terminology is employed throughout the series. The books are considered by some critics to be a roman fleuve, which can"
"their [Aubrey and Maturin's] characters in exceptional depth."" One reviewer compared O'Brian's writing style to that of several famous writers, considering that he has left C S Forester far behind, and is ""one of the best storytellers afloat"", with use of nautical detail that is ""unalloyed, unapologetic and absolutely right."" Another called it ""Intelligent escape"" as reading material, while another finds it ""will delight fans."" ""Surprise"" sails eastbound from Port Jackson in New South Wales. Jack Aubrey is in an ill-humour as a result of the frigate's visit to the abysmal penal settlement - firstly, because Stephen Maturin's duel with"
"The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey is the unfinished twenty-first historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in its incomplete form in 2004. It appeared in the United States of America under the title of 21. Though this is the early part of an unfinished novel, reviewers examined it. Some took the opportunity to look back at the whole series of completed novels, 6,443 pages by one count. They are pleased to see that Sam Panda, Aubrey's son from his ""long-legged youth"" and now going by"
"differences, the pair are invaluable and indispensable companions throughout many years of adventure and danger. Reviewers have compared Aubrey and Maturin to other seemingly mismatched yet inseparable fictional duos such as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in ""Don Quixote"", Holmes and Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and Kirk and Spock in the . The stories are primarily told in third person from the points of view of the two main characters, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. The author sometimes employs a form of first person voice when his characters write in private journals or letters about events that are"
"successful espionage efforts (i.e., checkmate), and Diana Villiers becoming Stephen's wife, the surgeon's mate. While one reviewer finds this novel a story of both Aubrey and Maturin, another sees it primarily as a story of Maturin, with light shed on his dark world of intelligence and spies. ""Kirkus Reviews"" find the story literate and amusing, and ""polished, historically accurate, and intensely pleasurable tales"" from the era of the Napoleonic Wars. The many actions in the plot are noted: ""This time out, Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin limp home from America for a brief rest before sailing to"
"was that O'Brian had finished the series with 1999's Blue at the Mizzen, he was in fact working on a new installment at the time of his death in 2000. This short volume juxtaposes a facsimile of O'Brian's handwritten manuscript of the untitled novel with a printed version of the text, which corresponds to O'Brian's loosely edited, typed pages. As the tale opens, our heroes are off the coast of South America, trying to find a friendly place to put the Surprise in for victuals and water. Jack Aubrey has received the happy news that he has been given the"
"mention that they’ve reconciled feels very strange."" She notes a scene worth praise for showing the themes of life on land versus life at sea, where Aubrey ""runs from the bailiffs back to sea and calls back “Mr Pullings, press that man!” He presses the bailiffs who have come to arrest him for debt! Post Captain (novel) Post Captain is the second historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1972. It features the characters of Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin in the early 19th century and is set in the Napoleonic Wars."
"from Geoff Hunt, who drew covers for the 20 completed books of the series as well as for ""21"", beneath a monochrome drawing of a sailing ship. The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey is the unfinished twenty-first historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in its incomplete form in 2004. It appeared in the United States of America under the title of 21. Though this is the early part of an unfinished novel, reviewers examined it. Some took the opportunity to look back at the whole"
"the calculation of Easter: an 1812a as it were or even an 1812b"". In effect, the period from June to December 1813 is stretched out to accommodate events that ought to occupy five or six years. The series focuses on two main characters, naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician, naturalist, and spy Stephen Maturin, and the ongoing plot is structured around Aubrey's ascent from Lieutenant to Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Jack Aubrey is a large man (both literally and figuratively) with an energetic, gregarious, cheerful, and relatively simple personality and a"
"Following O'Brian's death in 2000, Kevin Myers recalled in ""The Daily Telegraph"" his first reading of this and the subsequent two novels in the series: ""the most glorious literary mixture ever - Jane Austen meets Gray's Anatomy meets John Buchan meets Apothecaries' Gazetteer. The author's cast of characters is Dickensian in its scope, but of greater subtlety and sophistication in its portrayal."" According to Richard Snow in 2004, the first meeting between Aubrey and Maturin (with which the novel opens) led to ""the greatest friendship of modern literature"". Snow quotes Fredric Smoler, professor of history and literature, in a Shakespearean"
"who appears briefly in O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series), and Pablo Picasso. His biography of Picasso is a massive and comprehensive study of the artist. Picasso lived for a time in Collioure, the same French village as O'Brian, and the two became acquainted there. Peter Weir's 2003 film, """" is loosely based on the novel ""The Far Side of the World"" from the Aubrey–Maturin series for its plot, but draws on a number of the novels for incidents within the film. The character of Jack Aubrey is drawn from the character in the novels. In 1995 he was awarded the inaugural Heywood"
"The Commodore (novel) The Commodore is the seventeenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1995. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. In this novel, Aubrey and Maturin complete their circumnavigation of the globe begun in ""The Thirteen Gun Salute"" and continued through ""The Nutmeg of Consolation"", ""Clarissa Oakes/The Truelove"", and ""The Wine-Dark Sea"". After a long-awaited stay at home in England, Commodore Aubrey is given a squadron to conduct a mission against slave ships in West Africa and then he and Maturin are sent against"
"HMS Surprise (novel) HMS Surprise is the third historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1973. The series follows the partnership of Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin during the wars against Napoleon's France. Maturin is tortured gathering intelligence. On HMS ""Surprise"", Aubrey and Maturin make a long voyage to bring an ambassador to Southeast Asia, rounding the southern tip of Africa. Some reviewers found the novel with ""superb depictions of life"", yet too full of nautical detail, while others found that detail part of the author's erudition and not in the"
"Letter of Marque"" was in full swing in 1991, as the whole series gained a new and wider audience, as Mark Howowitz describes in writing about ""The Nutmeg of Consolation"", the fourteenth novel in the series and initially published in 1991. Two of my favorite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in print in England since the first, ""Master and Commander,"" was published in"
"essence of my books is about human relationships and how people treat one another."" Readers of the Aubrey-Maturin series are familiar with Jack Aubrey's resort to his violin. Captain Sullivan also plays the violin. Jack Aubrey eventually becomes the owner of his beloved ship, the ""Surprise"". So, Captain Sullivan owns the ""Wanderer"". Both ships are outdated: the ""Surprise"" is no longer large enough or sufficiently armed to compete in combat with contemporary navy vessels, and the ""Wanderer"" is being superseded by steam-powered ships. Certain qualities of Professor Ayrton are found in an extreme degree in Stephen Maturin. Both men are"
"and stranded. A chance meeting with newly-promoted Jack Aubrey at a musical performance gains him the position of ship's surgeon aboard Aubrey's first command, HMS ""Sophie"", a fictional brig-rigged sloop-of-war. Being that ships' surgeons in that era usually received very limited training or advanced education, the officers and crew of the ""Sophie"" are very pleased to have a true physician on board. Their esteem for Maturin's medical skill increases early on when he successfully performs delicate surgery on deck, repairing a crew member's serious head injury by removing a damaged portion of his skull and replacing it with a coin"
"writing in ""The Scotsman"" found that ""His books can absorb and enthral landlubbers like myself who do not even know the difference between a jib-boom and a taffrail."" ""Library Journal"" reviewed this novel as part of an abridged audio edition, finding ""superb depictions of life"" and highly recommended it, mentioning ""O'Brian's exquisitely accurate historical detail"". Mark Pumphrery, writing for ""Library Journal"", remarks the friendship of the Aubrey and Maturin, which ""plays out against an expanse of ocean, from India to the Atlantic, with a full complement of battles and adventures at sea for devotees of naval fiction."" ""Publishers Weekly"" liked"
"novels initially published prior to 1991 was in full swing in 1991, as the whole series gained a new and wider audience, as Mark Howowitz describes in writing about ""The Nutmeg of Consolation"", the fourteenth novel in the series and initially published in 1991. Two of my favorite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in print in England since the first, ""Master and Commander,"""
"the series, following ""The Thirteen Gun Salute"". The US reviews were all written in 1991, based on the W. W. Norton re-issue, rather than the prior Collins 1989 first publication of this novel. ""Master and Commander"" was published in the US in 1969; Horowitz refers to the first UK edition of that novel. Two of my favorite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in"
"the novel ""Tom Jones"" by Henry Fielding, who was himself a squire and magistrate. There is also a notable squire in Cormac McCarthy's ""Outer Dark"" and Charles Reade's 1856 novel ""It is Never Too Late to Mend"", where the squire uses his authority to abuse the postal and judicial services. In the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey's father, General Aubrey and later Jack himself, are typical squires. Mary Ann Evans, alias George Eliot, includes Squire Cass as a character in her novel ""Silas Marner"". One of the main characters of Anthony Trollope's ""Doctor Thorne"", published in"