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Like many other successful series, the adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin have generated a number of companion books, allowing their fans a glimpse of what lies behind the scenes of their favorite stories.
Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels of Patrick O'Brian
by Anthony Gary Brown
The Aubrey/Maturin stories are very content-dense, full of mentions of varioius people, both historical and fictional, as well as various ships and all manner of strange and wonderful animals that Dr. Maturin finds in his studies as a naturalist. It's often easy for readers to become confused with so much information coming in. This book can help reduce the confusion and increase one's appreciation of these fascinating books.
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Lobscouse & Spotted Dog : Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the AubreyMaturin Novels
by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas, Patrick O'Brian
The AubreyMaturin series is also very rich in culinary description. In every book there are descriptions of the meals eaten by the protagonists, from the meager fare scraped together from a ship's diminishing stores near the end of its voyage to the sumptuous meals served in fine houses as the heroes are feted for a recent victory. Since so many of these food items are totally unknown to present-day readers, this book helps shed some light on just what the characters are eating.
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Harbors and High Seas : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
by Dean King, et al.
With the protagonists travelling all over the world, it's easy to become confused about all the place-names that appear in the novels, and particularly how these places relate to one another. To make matters worse, many of the place-names used in the beginning of the ninteenth century have since been superceded (often in the name of political correctness), so turning to a present-day atlas is often no help. This book will answer many of the lingering questions of readers of the AubreyMaturin series.
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A Sea of Words : A Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales
by Dean King, et al
The Aubrey-Maturin Chronicles are rich in unfamiliar words, particularly the technical vocabulary of seafaring under sail. Although the early books in particular do a good job of familiarizing the reader with the terminology, many of the later books assume that the reader has been paying careful attention to explanations in earlier volumes. This handy reference can be a useful source for people who are reading the series over a long period of time and need to look up the definitions they've forgotten since the first book.
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Men of War: Life in Nelson's Navy
by Patrick O'Brian
By the master himself, here is a guide to a wide range of information about the Royal Navy during the time in which the Aubrey-Maturin Chronicles are set. Such matters as uniforms, ship-handling and gunnery are set out in a clear, concise manner easily understandable to any reader.
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Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed
by Dean King
During his life, Patrick O'Brian was an intensely private man, throwing a cloak of mystification over his personal life. Part of it may have been a desire to conceal the dark side of his life, as this book reveals. At the same time, it opens to us some of the extent to which Stephen Maturin may have been a time-displaced autobiographical character.
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The Port-Wine Sea: A Parody
by Susan Wenger
You will either laugh yourself silly or scream "desecration" at the way Wenger pokes fun at the popular sea-adventure series. In the tradition of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon, this book hilariously sends up the entire Aubrey-Maturin corpus.
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Updated March 6, 2000
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