The Mauritius Command
Book in the series featuring Aubrey and his friend Maturin, a physician. Europe in 1810 is in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars. Aubrey is ashore with his wife and daughters, but he hopes to be called back...
O'BRIAN, Patrick (ps. de Richard Patrick RUSS)
Desolation Island
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, famous from the Bounty mutiny, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia, carrying a hold full of convicts....
H.M.S. Surprise
Jack Aubrey, a captain in the British Navy, wishes to marry Sophie, but her family objects because of the social difference between them. Jack has only his salary and several debts. In command of the...
Master and Commander
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between...
The Far Side of the World
Reading O’Brian’s novels about ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin and ship’s captain Jack Aubrey is an addictive pleasure. In this volume, set during the War of 1812, they set off to intercept a powerful...