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December 2014

December 04, 2014

Jack Aubrey on Valued Servants

Every captain in the Royal Navy had his personal steward, a manservant responsible for attending...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Jack Aubrey on Midshipmen

In the Royal Navy in Jack Aubrey's day, there was no naval academy. Boys from...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Stephen Maturin on Losing at Chess

Captain Jack Aubrey is on a mission in the Baltic, and accompanying him is a...

October 23, 2014

Jack Aubrey on Proper Table Manners at Sea

Captain Jack Aubrey of His Majesty's Navy has invited several officers and guests to dinner;...

October 09, 2014

Stephen Maturin on Grumbling

I chose this quote from Patrick O'Brian's Desolation Island because it seems to me to...

October 07, 2014

Review: Desolation Island, by Patrick O’Brian

I've been working my way through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series over the last few weeks;...

October 02, 2014

Patrick O’Brian on Unsuccessful Interior Design

Lord Clonfert had the cabin of his sloop-of-war decorated in the Eastern style; now he...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Review: The Mauritius Command, by Patrick O’Brian

The Mauritius Command is the fourth of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, following after H.M.S. Surprise....

September 25, 2014

Patrick O’Brian on Having Your Cake

Jack Aubrey sometimes misspeaks, and Stephen Maturin is always ready to help. Here, all hands...

September 23, 2014

Review: H.M.S. Surprise, by Patrick O’Brian

Last week and the week before I reviewed the first two books in Patrick O'Brian's...

September 16, 2014

Review: Post Captain, by Patrick O’Brian

Post Captain is the second volume of Patrick O'Brian's well-known Aubrey/Maturin series; and as with...

September 09, 2014

Review: Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian

J.R.R. Tolkien was the first great literary discovery of my life, and the author of...