Post Captain (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 2)

Name: Post Captain (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 2)
Rating: 4.5 (24 reviews)

Patrick O’Brian

Dec 2011 · Aubrey-Maturin Book 2 · HarperCollins UK

4.5

24 reviews

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Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies?

With the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. At least for now. . .

Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentleman. But their comfortable experience is cut short when Jack is made a pauper overnight. He flees to the continent, narrowly escaping debtor’s prison, only to find himself a hunted fugitive from Napoleon’s regime as, yet again, war looms.

‘Outstanding dialogue, characterisation, humour and a golden thread of romance.’
KATIE FFORDE

‘The Aubrey–Maturin novels, by Patrick O’Brian, are so addictive that after I finish one I have to hide the next from myself for a little while in order to do anything else but read.’
LOUISE ERDRICH

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4.5

24 reviews

Kay Ray

March 4, 2018

Patrick O'Brian's created two of the most appealing and fascinating characters in Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. Placing his characters in the British Navy during the Napoleanic Wars allows for eciting, dangerous navy battles, as well as the exploration of peoples, flora and fauna across the the far flung British Empire. I re-read them often and listen to the Simon Vance, unabriged audio versions with delight. In print or audio O'Brian is superb!

Richard Harding

June 6, 2013

Following Master and Commander is no easy task, the detail and knowledge displayed by the author vastly out classing other authors, however Post Captain proves that the author can continually write super fiction, im currently dressing having to buy all 21 books, but I know it'll be worth it.

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Richard Strachan

February 14, 2015

If you love sail and sea this is a great story full of fascinating detail about life on a square rigger.

About the author

Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.

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