Patrick Colman
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Padeen
Patrick Colman (Padeen) is Maturin's longtime servant and loblolly boy in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. Only Maturin is able to communicate with him, as Padeen has a cleft palate and can only speak in the Irish tongue. Addicted to opium after he was anaesthesized with laudanum following a shipboard accident, he broke into an apothecary shop to steal some. He was caught and transported to New South Wales. Padeen was later pardoned. His patient, gentle nature became instrumental in bringing Brigid, Maturin's disabled (possibly autistic) daughter, out of her shell. In the 2003 film, Padeen was played by John DeSantis.…more
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The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
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1991
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Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere
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2000
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