

Post Captain
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Series: Aubrey/Maturin #2
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Unabridged: 19 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Series: Aubrey/Maturin #2
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Unabridged: 19 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Patrick O’Brian (1914–2000), a translator and author of biographies, was best known as the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels. Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ,this twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician and spy Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. He wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He also translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biographies of Charles de Gaulle.
Post Captain makes me wonder if Patrick O'Brian originally intended Master and Commander as a one off (and if you know the answer please don't tell me. I like not knowing). Master and Commander is a great book, and our introduction to Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin is a great hook, bu......more
Patrick O'Brian, you have exposed yourself. Exposed yourself as a Jane Austen wannabe, that is. One who is a bit sniffily about the fact that Jane (quite unfairly, I'm sure!) did not give us the thoughts of the male half of the regency romance equation. The first 200 pages of this novel do really read......more
My friend, Jose, regularly re-read the whole Aubrey-Maturin series. He found it so rich that diving back into it was a constant pleasure. This is not my first time through, and O'Brian's work holds my attention as firmly as it did initially. In Post Captain, we find Aubrey in dire financial straits (......more
I almost gave this 3 stars, but I have too many reservations. I almost abandoned the book early on. I don't care for O'Brian's style - it's too Victorian. Sure, that's a plus for some, but I hate it & the story was very uneven. The first third of the book with threads running all the way through con......more