Post Captain

by Patrick O'Brian

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Series (with order)

Aubrey-Maturin (2)

Canonical Title

Post Captain

Original publication date

1972

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Jack Aubrey

Stephen Maturin

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0393307069, Paperback)

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.

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