The Commodore, Patrick OBrian
The Commodore, Patrick OBrian
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The Commodore

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2004


Synopsis

For years, critics have hailed Patrick O’Brian’s seafaring adventure series as “the best historical novels ever written”
(New York Times). With elegant language, eccentric characters, and authentic period atmosphere, the series transports
you to the high seas of the Napoleonic era.

After a dangerous tour of duty in the Great South Sea, Jack and Stephen return to their families in England. For
Jack, the homecoming is joyful, but for Stephen, it is heartbreaking. His wife, Diana, has left for parts unknown, and
his young daughter has all the symptoms of autism. To escape these painful circumstances, Stephen joins Jack on a
bizarre decoy mission to the lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea. There surprises lurk in various guises: risky confrontations
with slave traders, secret battle plans for a French invasion, and, possibly, word of Diana’s whereabouts.

About Patrick O'Brian

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Phillip on July 17, 2024

Stephen Maturin is spotlighted in this installment of the Aubrey and Maturin series as he travels to take care of personal and professional business in his life. This character is an Irishman who wishes for Ireland to be independent but works for the British that are the lesser of two evils compare......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 20, 2021

Read this book in 2009, and its the 17th wonderful volume of the amazing "Aubrey/Maturin" series. In this tale Aubrey and Maturin will at first return to England, after their exploits in the Great South Sea, with Jack Aubrey a happy man but for Stephen Maturin is a disaster, due to the fact that his......more