The Napoleonic Wars have never been brought more vividly to life than in the classic books of Patrick O'Brian. His stories of adventure on the high seas detailing the exploits of Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin have excited and seduced book-lovers since the publication of the first book, Master & Commander, in 1969. The Folio Society have published every one of the 20 Aubrey-Maturin books. Each hardback book has a different cloth-bound binding design and includes carefully researched illustrations, maps and battle plans.
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With Napoleon finally defeated, Captain Aubrey and Stephen Maturin set out for South America to help the Chilean's fight for independence, but with desertions, collisions and love affairs their voyage may be more treacherous than expected. The last novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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Aubrey and Maturin set off on their homeward voyage, but between warring Pacific islands and a mysterious female stowaway, the HMS Surprise must chart a treacherous course. The fifteenth Aubrey-Maturin installment.
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Aubrey and Maturin set sail for Australia to rescue Governor William Bligh from the settlers rebelling against his rule. The fifth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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This was the book which was chosen as a basis for the successful film starring Russell Crowe. With the many dramatic events as the Surprise searches for the USS Norfolk around the Cape and all the way to the naturalist’s paradise, the Galapagos Islands, it makes a good choice. The tenth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series
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War has broken out between Britain and America. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught up in further webs of international intrigue in this sixth novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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Napoleon has escaped prison gathering soldiers and ships to his side as he marches on France. Aubrey and Maturin are despatched to the Mediterranean to foil a plot to provide the Emperor with ships and soldiers from his Muslim allies. The nineteenth in the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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After his many dashing expeditions, Jack Aubrey is posted in the decrepit Worcester (more a floating coffin than a ship of the line) to blockade work. The French fleet lies in Toulon and the British squadrons patrol outside, longing for a full fleet action and a chance to prove themselves in battle. The eighth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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No longer Captain Aubrey RN, but simply plain Mr Aubrey, Jack sets sail in the Surprise determined to prey upon enemy shipping, to recover his fortune if her can and - far more importantly - seek reinstatement in the navy. The twelfth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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The first ever Aubrey-Maturin adventure sees Captain Jack Aubrey take charge of his first command, HMS Sophie. To read Patrick O’Brian is to experience life at sea in the days of thrill of a skirmish with an Algerian quarter-galley.
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Aubrey, cast ashore and suffocated by a landlubber’s life, joins Maturin on a mission to take the French-occupied islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. The fourth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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After a shipwreck and battling pirates, Aubrey and Maturin finally make their way to Australia. However, this prison colony at the edge of the world gives few opportunities for respite. The fourteenth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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A fragile peace with France has come, but for Aubrey and Maturin, the realisation soon dawns that peace can hold as many perils as war. Post Captain follows the bestselling Master & Commander.
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The Reverse of the Medal's central episode was modelled on the real-life disgrace of Lord Thomas Cochrane. This larger-than-life ‘fighting captain’ was the inspiration for many writers, from Marryat who served with him as a midshipman to C. S. Forester and O’Brian. The eleventh installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series
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The seventh novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series sees our protagonists fleeing home from America in a packet ship. With Diana residing in Paris, Stephen is free to continue his dangerous work for the Admiralty ...
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On an urgent mission to foil French plans in Pulo Prabang, Stephen and Jack are driven more than ever by the naval urgency of ‘lose not a minute’. The thirteenth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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