Patrick O'Brian | Master and Commander
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian is the opening novel in the celebrated Aubrey–Maturin series, an epic sequence of historical adventures set against the naval conflicts of the Napoleonic era. It is 1800, and newly promoted Jack Aubrey has finally been given command of his first ship. Accompanied by his new friend Stephen Maturin, a physician and naturalist who becomes the ship's surgeon, Aubrey sets out into a Mediterranean where every distant sail may promise either a valuable prize or a deadly confrontation.
Rich in period detail, naval action and wonderfully observed characters, the novel introduces the remarkable friendship at the heart of O’Brian's maritime saga. From the complex hierarchy of the Royal Navy to the dangers and exhilaration of battle under sail, Master and Commander combines historical authenticity with humour, intelligence and exhilarating adventure. First published in 1970, it launched one of the most acclaimed sequences of historical novels in modern literature.
- • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication date of this edition: October 7, 1996
• Number of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 197 × 130 × 28 mm
• Weight: 294 g
• Genre: Historical novel, naval adventure, military historical prose
• Period: Napoleonic Wars






