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Master and Commander

Master and Commander AuthorPatrick O'BrianLanguageEnglishSeriesAubrey�Maturin seriesGenreHistorical novel, sea novelSet in18 April 1800 � mid 1801PublisherLippincott (US), Collins (UK)1969 (US), 1970 (UK)Media typePrintPages384 (US), 350 (UK)ISBN0-00-221526-8 First edition, CollinsOCLC31728441Followed byPost Captain
Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey�Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, on which O'Brian continued working up until his death in 2000.

The novel is set at the turn of the 19th century. It follows the young Jack Aubrey who has just been promoted to the rank of Master and Commander, and Stephen Maturin, a destitute physician and naturalist whom Aubrey appoints as his naval surgeon. They sail in HM Sloop of War Sophie with first lieutenant James Dillon, a wealthy and aristocratic Irishman. The naval action in the Mediterranean is closely based on the real-life exploits of Lord Cochrane, including a battle modelled after Cochrane's spectacular victory in the brig HMS Speedy over the vastly superior Spanish frigate El Gamo. The novel has �a brilliant sense of period

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