I really enjoyed this book, which combines excitement and good fun with solid writing, research and character development.Master and Commander is the story of Jack Aubrey, a newly-appointed captain in the British navy, and his newfound friend Steven Maturin, who soon becomes the ship’s surgeon. It’s...
A rollicking good read. The first book in the Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. If you like your stories with nautical details and yearn for the era when Britain ruled the high seas and pretty much the rest of the world, then this is the saga for you. Full of Tom Clancy like detail of all...