De Sophie
by:
Patrick O'Brian (author)
Inge Kok (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789025410278 (9025410278)
Publish date: January 1st 2002
Publisher: Pandora
Pages no: 408
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Action,
Maritime,
Fiction
Series: Aubrey & Maturin (#1)
This book is the beginning of Jack Aubrey's captaincy, and the start of physician Stephen Maturin's tenor as a naval surgeon. Jack is made captain of the Sloop, Sophie. In his excitement at finally being made captain, Aubrey seeks out Maturin, with whom he had an unpleasant meeting with the previ...
The Basics Jack Aubrey has just recently gotten his first command aboard the Sophie, and as luck would have it, he also just met Dr. Stephen Maturin, a perfect fit for ship’s surgeon. Adventure ensues but so do some difficulties. Jack isn’t good at playing the social game that is required of offic...
I've read the entire series and loved each and every one. No one better captures the sea and the age. And what a wonderful pairing of characters, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. I wish they would hurry up and fade from memory so I could start the series all over again.
Several of my friends are big fans of the Aubrey/Maturin series of naval adventures set in the Age of Sail that starts with this book. The series was the inspiration for the popular fantasy novels by Naomi Novik (and on a more literary note, according to the Wiki, they've been an inspiration for Iri...
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