false 17983 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg 17983 18 1052 1986 The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey/Maturin Book 11) total:780|5:32|4:30|3:11|2:0|1:0| 780 3389 980 35 5600 4.25 22477 1548 75685474 216786 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.35 661 1986 4 1 false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 12:23:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 22:48:40 -0800 2009
Words (that I looked up in a wonderful, dead-tree dictionary, which felt awesome)

andiron (n): the metal stand that holds wood in a fire place (p. 189)
chirurgical (adj): of or pertaining to...more...]]> 50902671 270875 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 3 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:54:34 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:05:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53725793 1433865 17982 0006499260 9780006499268 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17982.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17982.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17982.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.25 28 1986 2 0 false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:52:48 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 13:32:08 -0700 2009
Aubrey and Maturin sail around a bit then arrive in Britain...more...]]> 49786168 2143376 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Thu Mar 19 12:16:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:41:24 -0700 2009
That Patrick O'Brian chose to place his characters on the sea in the not so distant past just raised the hurdle I had to leap to get to know this wonderful author.

I had never been enamored with sea stories, didn't much care for European history, ...more...]]> 16420906 305220 17982 0006499260 9780006499268 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17982.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17982.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17982.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 4 0 true Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 10:24:07 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 02:44:39 -0800 2008
Jack Aubrey dismissed the service? Unthinkable! And yet a French plot achieves just that. Jack's jailed, tried and pilloried.

O'Brian keeps the pace moving in this gripping book, and it rarely flags, although at the beginning the...more...]]> 12657819 733051 17982 0006499260 9780006499268 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17982.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17982.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17982.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 true Wed Jan 16 07:42:26 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 02:20:37 -0700 2008
Warning: spoilers ahoy. Also slash. Shush.

My LJ review:

(Reverse of the Medal has the most evil introductory note, by the way. I read it and knew what was goi...more...]]> 1670726 115473 529830 0393309606 9780393309607 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175561693m/529830.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175561693s/529830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529830.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.33 73 1986 5 0 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jun 05 05:31:42 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 05:32:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65379065 257632 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 3 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:08:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:11:02 -0700 2009
I wish the book had opened with a solid naval battle to offset the r...more...]]> 73091523 108476 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 2 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:20:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 10:04:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14788152 883721 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Wed Feb 06 20:49:07 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 09:57:27 -0800 2008 Desolation Island. It is amazing that after 11 books O'Brian still has lots of surprises up his sleeve. In The Reverse of the Medal he uses an actual trial which took place at the time and just slightly adapts it to fit h...more...]]> 70745267 598526 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Sep 10 13:02:18 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 13:06:55 -0700 2009 55309367 71057 529830 0393309606 9780393309607 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175561693m/529830.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175561693s/529830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529830.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Thu May 07 16:45:52 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:46:34 -0700 2009 70553864 1531755 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 3 0 false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 20:56:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:23:23 -0700 2009 44723640 912379 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Wed Jan 28 21:38:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 16:20:11 -0800 2009 61563516 1130606 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 3 0 false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:49:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:50:17 -0700 2009 31381023 1469683 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 4 0 false Sun Aug 31 22:14:55 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 18:04:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 22:14:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 66326636 2570518 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 0 0 false Sun Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 05 12:59:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 12:59:22 -0700 2009 47287646 1253341 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Mon Feb 23 13:35:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:41:17 -0800 2009 38669175 1751716 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Tue Nov 25 20:19:10 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:19:18 -0800 2008 56435732 901806 17983 0786178183 9780786178186 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121m/17983.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166855121s/17983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983.The_Reverse_of_the_Medal 4.34 780 1986 5 0 false Mon Jun 08 19:21:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:14:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:21:19 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=17983