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The Surgeon's Mate is a 1980 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian and the seventh installment in the Aubrey-Maturin series. The narrative follows protagonists Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin as they navigate the complexities of the War of 1812, survive a shipwreck, and at...

The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian, forming the sixth entry in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Set during the early months of the War of 1812, the narrative follows Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin as passengers aboard British and American naval vessels. The stor...

The Reverse of the Medal is the 11th novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of historical naval novels, first published in 1986. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the plot follows Captain Jack Aubrey as he becomes embroiled in a stock-market fraud scheme in London, leading to a trial and con...

'The Letter of Marque' is the twelfth historical novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, published in 1988. The plot focuses on Captain Jack Aubrey, who has been struck off the Navy List after being wrongfully accused of stock market manipulation. Operating as a privateer aboard his former...

'The Wine-Dark Sea' is the sixteenth installment in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of historical naval novels, published in 1993. The story follows Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin as they navigate the Pacific Ocean during the War of 1812. The narrative includes significant event...

The Thirteen Gun Salute is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian and part of the Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and physician and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin during the Napoleonic era. The story sends them toward Southeast Asia on a diplomatic missio...

The Nutmeg of Consolation is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian, published in 1991, and the fourteenth volume in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It continues the East Indies storyline after Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, and their companions are shipwrecked, following their return to naval servic...

The Ionian Mission is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian, published in 1981, and the eighth volume in the Aubrey-Maturin series. During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Jack Aubrey returns to blockade duty in the Mediterranean before receiving a politically sensitive mission involving rival rul...

"The Yellow Admiral" is a historical naval novel published in 1996 by British author Patrick O'Brian. It is the eighteenth installment in the Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the careers of Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his friend, physician and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, during th...

"The Hundred Days" is a historical naval novel written by British author Patrick O'Brian, published in 1998. It is the nineteenth installment in the Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the careers of Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and his shipmate, physician and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin....

Treason's Harbour is Patrick O'Brian's 1983 Aubrey-Maturin novel, notable for Malta-based naval intelligence during the Napoleonic Wars.

Published in 1992, "Clarissa Oakes" is the fourteenth novel in Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin historical fiction series. The narrative focuses on Captain Jack Aubrey's command of HMS Surprise during a voyage across the Pacific Ocean. The plot is catalyzed by the presence of a female stow...

"Blue at the Mizzen," published in 1999, is the twentieth and final completed novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of historical naval adventures. Set during the Napoleonic Wars' aftermath, the story follows Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend Dr. Stephen Maturin as they navigate politica...