Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian
Taste attributes: adventurewarhistoricaldramalinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeAn adventure novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
4.1 / 5
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About This Book
This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.
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- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 412
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- Source
- Open Library
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