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Master and Commander
Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

The music-room in the Governor's House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant...

1969 47 ed.
Post Captain
Post Captain

by Patrick O'Brian

At first dawn the swathes of rain drifting eastwards across the Channel parted long enough to show that the chase had al...

1972 28 ed.
H.M.S. Surprise
H.M.S. Surprise

by Patrick O'Brian

'But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy.

1973 33 ed.
The Commodore
The Commodore

by Patrick O'Brian

Thick weather in the chops of the Channel and a dirty night, with the strong north-east wind bringing rain from the low ...

1994 24 ed.
The Mauritius Command
The Mauritius Command

by Patrick O'Brian

Captain Aubrey of the Royal Navy lived in a part of Hampshire well supplied with sea-officers, some of whom had reached ...

1977 32 ed.
The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio))
The Hundred Days (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio))

by Patrick O'Brian

The sudden rearmament that followed Napoleon''s escape from Elba had done little to thin the ranks of unemployed sea-off...

1998 20 ed.
The Surgeon's Mate
The Surgeon's Mate

by Patrick O'Brian

The long harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia on a long, long summer's day, and two frigates gliding in on the tide of floo...

1980 25 ed.
La Goleta Nutmeg
La Goleta Nutmeg

by Patrick O'Brian, Graham Roberts

A hundred and fifty-seven castaways on a desert island in the South China Sea, the survivors of the wreck of HMS Diane, ...

1991 30 ed.
Treason's Harbour
Treason's Harbour

by Patrick O'Brian

A gentle breeze from the north-east after a night of rain, and the washed sky over Malta had a particular quality in its...

1983 27 ed.
The Fortune of War
The Fortune of War

by Patrick O'Brian

The warm monsoon blew gently from the east, wafting HMS Leopard into the bay of Pulo Batang.

1979 27 ed.
The Far Side of the World
The Far Side of the World

by Patrick O'Brian

'PASS THE WORD for Captain Aubrey, pass the word for Captain Aubrey,' cried a sequence of voices, at first dim and muffl...

1984 36 ed.
Desolation Island Audio
Desolation Island Audio

by Patrick O'Brian

The breakfast-parlour was the most cheerful room in Ashgrove Cottage, and although the builders had ruined the garden wi...

1978 40 ed.
The Letter of Marque
The Letter of Marque

by Patrick O'Brian

Ever since Jack Aubrey had been dismissed from the service, ever since his name, with its now meaningless seniority, had...

1989 25 ed.
The Reverse of the Medal
The Reverse of the Medal

by Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Ob4brian

The West Indies squadron lay off Bridgetown, sheltered from the north-east tradewind and basking in the brilliant sun.

1986 30 ed.
The Ionian Mission
The Ionian Mission

by Patrick O'Brian

Marriage was once represented as a field of battle rather than a bed of roses, and perhaps there are some who may still ...

1981 28 ed.
The Wine - Dark Sea
The Wine - Dark Sea

by Patrick O'Brian

A purple ocean, vast under the sky and devoid of all visible life apart from two minute ships racing across its immensit...

1989 22 ed.
The thirteen-gun salute
The thirteen-gun salute

by Patrick O'Brian

In spite of the hurry, many wives and many sweethearts had come to see the ship off, and those members of her company wh...

1989 27 ed.
The Yellow Admiral
The Yellow Admiral

by Patrick O'Brian

Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St James's S...

1996 22 ed.
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey-Maturin)
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey-Maturin)

by Patrick O'Brian

The Surprise, lying well out in the channel with Gibraltar half a mile away on her starboard quarter, lying at a single ...

1999 24 ed.