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... that many other first tries I've read) Which led me to read the first two Aubrey/Martin books Master and Commander and Post Captain. As I said I plan on reading more but I may take two or three starts till I'm in the mood to read them.
Anyway! I hope I haven't turned you off to O'Brian ... Post Captain
by Patrick O'Brian Post Captain, the second of the Aubrey / Maturin series.
>132 - 134 I recently read The Remains of the Day and likewise enjoyed it. I didn't think that I would at first but was won over quite quickly. Such Times by Christopher Coe
Nothing like the Sun by Anthony Burgess
Die Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann
Post captain by Patrick O'Brian
Le mariage de Figaro by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 241. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore 07/30/09
242. Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian 07/31/09
FILM: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1968); White Mane (1953); The Double Life of Veronique (1991) 241. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore 07/30/09
242. Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian 07/31/09 I've only read Post Captain in the Jack Aubrey series. However, Master And Commander is one of my favorite movies. Is that the Patrick O'Brian you meant or O'Brien?????
mckait -- Love the quote! I'm in the right group....LOL ... Advertise and Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers (This is an omnibus in hardcover, I've worn out all my paperback copies)
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
Wolf Willow by Wallace Stegner
ETA: I hate the word "just" as a filler in a sentence and I catch myself using it all the time! ... slow.
I really like Simon Vance as a narrator and am listening to the Aubrey/Maturin books with him. I did have to do Post Captain with Patrick Tull because the library's copy with Vance as the reader was damaged.
For the Sharpe books, I started with Frederick Davidson and really enjoy ... ... Davies {6/33}
7. A Mixture of Frailties by Robertson Davies {6/27}
8. How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom {7/14}
9. Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian {7/31}
10. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake {8/8}
11. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake {8/23}
12. Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake {8/30}
13. M ... ... Assassin by Margaret Atwood
9.3 Englandsfarere by Sigurd Evensmo
9.4 A dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
9.5 Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
9.6 An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
9.7 The Horsecatcher by Mari Sandoz
9.8 Trinity by Leon Uris
9.9 Blodspore ... 5. Historical Literature
1. Master and Commander
2. Post Captain
3. HMS Surprise
4. The Mauritius Command
5. Desolation Island
6. The Fortune of War
7. The Surgeon's Mate
8.
9. Hi! I just joined this group.
Anyway, I just finished the first three Aubrey/Maturin books (Master and Commander, Post Captain, and HMS Surprise) and am taking a little break. This seemed like a good place to break, as the next book starts a few years after the end of HMS Surprise.
I'm ... ... The Club Dumas to meet Captain Alatriste to learn some Grave Secrets. At the Bar he ordered a Whiskey Sour while The Captain ordered Champagne for One.
The Informant asked him if he were Lucky at Cards, then proceeded to put his Cards on the Table. He had a Full House ... Just started reading O'Brian! I'm on Post Captain. I listened to the audiobook version of Master and Commander after seeing the film (great soundtrack by the way!) I actually find it easier to read than listen to, and I didn't like the way the narrator did Stephen's voice. I never thought I ... ... (2) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
9) (3) Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
10) (4) Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
11) (5) Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome
12) Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
13) ... ... and makes them richer.
I'm on my second trip through the series. The first time, I actually gave up halfway through Post Captain and took it back to the library. But curiosity got the better of me. I checked it out again, finished it, and read the rest of the series in order.
I've ... Reread The Pursuit of Love, The No. 1 Ladies Detective agency and am finishing Post Captain, all for the umpty umphth time. Count is 39. Master and Commander or Post Captain are part of a series by Patrick O'Brian set during the Napoleonic wars. There are a number of Regency writers that have done war related books. Two of the Slightly series by Mary Balogh, the two before Slightly Dangerous are set around Waterloo. Su ... ... alot of my favorites!
Do start with Master and Commander for O'Brian but if you're willing to try to series go through Post Captain and HMS Surprise as well to give it a fair shot :) I'm not as huge a Hornblower fan myself and should really reread them more thoughly, but I'd recommend ... ... I'd say: Wrong book ;-). It isn't quite as good as some of the others. A good book to get a taste of the series is Post Captain or Desolation Island, the first is quite humourous and serves to get to know the main characters of the series, the second is more the thrilling type.
The ... The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
Colonel Chabert by Honore de Balzac
The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez I am in the middle of Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian, the second in the Aubrey-Maturin series, and a really fascinating diary by Alice Stone Blackwell about growing up in Boston during the Gilded Age. (Called, not inappropriately, Growing up in Boston's Guilded Age.)
Okay, I'm in the ... ... book 10 The far side of the world). I strongly recommend to read them in sequence, and you might want to start with no. 2 Post Captain or even no. 3 H.M.S. Surprise, to get into it. M&C *is* a bit dry, if you have never been exposed to O'Brian's specific style and the plethora of naval ... ... italics tag: so that the rest of the messages will appear in normal font :-).
lanceparkin: There's a bit in Post Captain where they spend five pages changing a mast (or something) and while I'm sure it's 100% accurate and a perfect description, the effect reading it is like ...
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