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Post Captain

Post Captain

ClassicsHistorical Fiction
Pages
528
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

During the brief Peace of Amiens, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin find themselves on land, navigating the social minefields of the English countryside and the threat of debtors' prison. Their friendship is tested when they both fall for the same woman while hiding from the law in France. As war with Napoleon looms again, they must escape back to the sea to resume their command and repair their fractured bond.

Prose complexity
10/10

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AdventurousIntellectualAtmosphericFunny
Love TriangleFound FamilyRivals

Genres

Classics Historical Fiction Military Adventure History

About the author

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Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000) was an English novelist and translator, best known for the twenty-volume Aubrey–Maturin series of Napoleonic-era naval novels — beginning with Master and Commander (1969) — following the friendship between Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey and physician-naturalist Stephen Maturin. He was born Richard Patrick Russ in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England, and adopted the name Patrick O'Brian after the Second World War, presenting himself for...

Characters

Jack AubreyProtagonist
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