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Dean King so wants to have a bromance with his favorite author Patrick O'Brian. Hey, who am I to talk, I popped an O'Brian boner too when I walked into a bookstore and found upon a shelf Harbor and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian.
O'Brian's 20 book series (21 if you count the unfinished one) can be read and enjoyed without such Cliffs Notes-style assistance. However, O'Brian wrote with exquisite attention to detail for time and p ...more
O'Brian's 20 book series (21 if you count the unfinished one) can be read and enjoyed without such Cliffs Notes-style assistance. However, O'Brian wrote with exquisite attention to detail for time and p ...more
Why oh why am I taking my passion for the Aubreyad to this level, that I require supplementary materials for leisure reading? Oh well, the maps and capsule articles about 19th Century life and navigation are plenty helpful. I sure didn't feel the need for table space and cross-referencing when I sit down with Dickens and Hornblower. I guess this means I'm all grown up now. The sunset is that much closer on the horizon, and the sky is lowering on the last act of life. Will this book, this seconda
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A valuable companion to the Aubrey Maturin series, and now, as I near the end of reading the series through for the second time (but in chronological order this time) I am enjoying perusing it for its own sake, a very readable and enjoyable piece of work in its own right.
Dec 30, 2009
Bill
marked it as to-read
Nov 16, 2011
Don Brown
marked it as to-read
Jun 25, 2012
Brett
marked it as to-buy
Feb 18, 2014
Alba
marked it as to-read
Feb 10, 2017
Roxana
marked it as to-read
