Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin 1) - Patrick O’Brian

Category: Adults, Adventure, Classic, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Aubrey/Maturin Novels Literary Fiction Sea Adventures sea stories

Written by Patrick O’Brian
Read by Various
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps
Unabridged

There are three versions each read by a different narrator.
1. John Lee
2. Patrick Tull
3. Simon Vance

also included are pdf & epub versions of Master and Commander.

Bonus books included:
1.Victory vs Redoubtable Ships of the Line at Trafalgar 1805 - Gregory Fremont-Barnes
2. Men of War Life in Nelsons Navy - Patrick O’Brian

It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon’s France. When Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson’s navy, is promoted to captain, he inherits command of HMS Sophie, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend Stephen Maturin, ship’s surgeon and secret intelligence agent, Aubrey and his crew engage in one thrilling battle after another, their journey culminating in a stunning clash with a mighty Spanish frigate against whose guns and manpower the tiny Sophie is hopelessly outmatched.
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O’Brian’s portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly.