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The Commodore

The Commodore

ClassicsHistorical Fiction
Pages
281
Published
1995
Language
English

Synopsis

Jack Aubrey returns to sea as a commodore, leading a squadron to disrupt the slave trade off the coast of Africa before heading to Ireland to intercept a French invasion. While Jack handles the pressures of command and naval strategy, Stephen Maturin navigates dangerous political waters as an intelligence agent. This seventeenth installment follows the duo as they balance their professional duties with the complicated realities of their lives back on land.

Prose complexity
10/10

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AdventurousAtmosphericIntellectualReflective
Found FamilyMultiple POVs

Genres

Classics Historical Fiction Military Adventure Political Thriller

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
Stephen MaturinProtagonist
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