false 77426 23 This time it's the War of 1812 that gets in the way of Captain Jack Aubery's plans. Caught en route to England in a dispatch vessel, Aubrey and Maturin are soon in the thick of a typically bloody naval engagement. Next stop: an American prison, from which only Maturin's cunning allows them to engineer an exit. 1527549 1979 The Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin Book 6) total:1014|5:434|4:431|3:136|2:9|1:4| 1014 4324 1251 47 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 09:28:13 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 15:24:07 -0700 2007
Although this book bogs down somewhat at the beginning by reiterating many of the events of Desolation Island (0006499244), it then picks up and races along at a good pace. Jack is more humanised in this book than in its predecessors--that's what the love of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 22 23:03:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 23:06:40 -0800 2008
There was some great Stephen mileage, to be sure, but not nearly enough Jack. Part of this of cour...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 24 12:52:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:18:13 -0700 2009
The book first wraps up the story of the horrible old Leopard which Aubrey brings limping in to the Dutch East Indies station afte...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:36:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:53:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 00:29:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:40:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Feb 08 18:18:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:23:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Mar 19 12:15:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:40:23 -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...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 27 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 19 09:57:29 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 09:57:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Nov 12 20:12:09 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 08:44:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Wed Jan 16 07:42:08 -0800 2008 Fri May 29 09:15:23 -0700 2009 2
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Alright, all you POB lovers. I've got an actual question that someone raised over on the groupread and I need opinions (preferably American, though EVERYBODY can join in! Whoo!!)...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 09:08:41 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 07:33:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:18:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:39:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 11 20:09:18 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 02 20:56:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jul 15 15:13:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 15:13:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 18:24:20 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 18:28:59 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:24:38 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:30:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 14:52:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:03:42 -0700 2009
Also, Jack's hat gets eaten by a wombat.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 16:46:52 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 13:13:19 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 03 14:03:26 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 19 10:59:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:26:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 17:56:43 -0700 2009