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Patrick O'Brian


Born
in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
December 12, 1914

Died
January 02, 2000

Website

Genre
Historical Fiction, Fiction

Influences
Walter Scott ...more


Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will).

Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nom ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.29 · 371,220 ratings · 20,750 reviews · 203 distinct works • Similar authors
Master and Commander (Aubre...
4.07 avg rating — 62,380 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions
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Post Captain (Aubrey & Matu...
4.26 avg rating — 24,757 ratings — published 1972 — 51 editions
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H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & M...
4.42 avg rating — 21,019 ratings — published 1973 — 46 editions
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The Mauritius Command (Aubr...
4.35 avg rating — 18,069 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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Desolation Island (Aubrey &...
4.41 avg rating — 16,070 ratings — published 1978
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The Fortune of War (Aubrey ...
4.41 avg rating — 14,906 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey ...
4.40 avg rating — 13,929 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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The Far Side of the World (...
4.45 avg rating — 13,451 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions
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Treason's Harbour (Aubrey &...
4.38 avg rating — 12,500 ratings — published 1983
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The Letter of Marque (Aubre...
4.50 avg rating — 11,823 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Series by Patrick O'Brian

Master and Commander Post Captain H.M.S. Surprise The Mauritius Command Desolation Island The Fortune of War The Surgeon's Mate
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Quotes by Patrick O'Brian  (?)
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“Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.”
― Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days
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“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.”
― Patrick O'Brian, Master & Commander
tags: jingoism, maturin, nationalism, nationality, patriotism, stephen-maturin
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“Jack, you've debauched my sloth.”
― Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise
tags: debauched, drunk, sloth
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Polls

September 2016 New School Group Read

 
  41 votes, 19.3%

 
  35 votes, 16.5%

 
  23 votes, 10.8%

 
  23 votes, 10.8%

 
  21 votes, 9.9%

1996, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pages
 
  20 votes, 9.4%

 
  19 votes, 9.0%

1997, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, 432 pages
 
  11 votes, 5.2%

1986, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, 208 pages
 
  10 votes, 4.7%

1965, The Magus by John Fowles, 656 pages
 
  9 votes, 4.2%

212 total votes
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