false 17768 36 The year is 1803, and that scalawag Napoleon Bonaparte has gone to war again. For Captain Jack Aubrey, who has fled to France to escape his creditors, this is doubly alarming news. In short order the captain is interned, makes his escape across the French countryside, and leads a ship into battle. And again, his adventures are cleverly counterpointed by those of his alter ego Stephen Maturin. 1200321 book 1972 Post Captain (Aubrey/Maturin Book 2) total:1603|5:660|4:680|3:244|2:17|1:2| 1603 6788 1989 121 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 4 10 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:41:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:23:11 -0700 2009
Exposed yourself as a Jane Austen wannabe, that is. One who is a bit sniffily about the fact that Jane (quite unfairly, I'm sure!) did not give us the thoughts of the male half of the regency romance equation.

The first 200 pages of t...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 1 false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 13 23:38:42 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 07 22:35:51 -0700 2008
This volume brings us deeper into the la...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 2 false Wed Feb 13 18:08:30 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 23 18:04:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 4 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 18:33:28 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 18:37:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 1 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Dec 13 09:27:25 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 09:35:40 -0800 2007 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:06:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:11:56 -0700 2009 Aubrey and Stephe...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 true Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 11:55:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 17:52:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat Sep 12 01:54:38 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 01:59:38 -0700 2009
Here's an oddball passage from the Aubrey/Maturn series, and a good trivia question for anyone who thinks he knows the series.

Question: Who are Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey's bankers in London?

Answer: Hoare's

This is known becau...more...]]> 77432 0393307069 9780393307061 98 9 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255746609m/77432.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77432.Post_Captain 4 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:21:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:25:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 11:28:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 07:25:51 -0700 2009 1 ...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:18:06 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 16:56:00 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 3 0 false Tue Sep 15 13:47:22 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:25:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Mar 19 12:14:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:39:52 -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, and ye...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 3 0 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:08:44 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:12:21 -0700 2009
The books, set during the Napoleonic Wars, follow Jack Aubrey, English Naval Captain, and Steven Maturin, spy and ship surgeon, through their adventurous lives. This book focuses on their romantic lives on land...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 0 0 false Mon Sep 29 14:58:05 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 07:46:24 -0700 2008 Master and Commander.

I highly enjoyed every one of these books so it's hard to compare and rate them one to another. In fact, another O'Brian enthusiast -friend of mine considers each book to be but an episode in the cumu...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 4 0 true Fri Mar 07 21:37:47 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 09 15:45:30 -0700 2009
Several moments stand out. In particular, going into the cutting out of the Fanciulla ...more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 03:13:29 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 03:13:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:10:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:16:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1211932 0007255845 9780007255849 4 1 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181920360m/1211932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1211932.Post_Captain 4 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 15:24:40 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 14:39:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17768 0006499163 9780006499169 1448 105 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853794m/17768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17768.Post_Captain 3 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 07:05:18 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 14:27:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2874339