Hornblower and the Hotspur
By: C.S. Forester
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army j…
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1. The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.37
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's b… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I do hope Diana don't savage Henage on the way back,' said Jack, 'You might not think it, but he is a very sensitive cove, and he feels harsh words extremely. I remember when his father called him a …"-Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
"Jack prese la lettera, borbottò uno «scusami» e si ritirò. Tornò poco dopo, più alto, più dritto nella persona, il volto raggiante. «Signore Iddio, Stephen, è la lettera più bella che io abbia mai ri…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
"«Questo liquido è tecnicamente una minestra» continuò Jack, dopo aver tolto il coperchio. «Posso scodellartene un mestolo?» «È piacevole vedere resti di piselli così antichi e consunti che perfino i …"-Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
2. The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.40
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following reinstat… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. The Wine-Dark Sea
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin p… read more
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- adventure
- historical
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- historical fiction
4. Hornblower and the Hotspur
By: C.S. Forester
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army j… read more
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- classics
- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
"O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mi… read more
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- adventure
- historical
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham. Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large."-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"I do not like to sound discontented neither,' said Pullings, 'nor to crab any ship I belong to; but between you and me, Doctor, between you and me, she is more what we call a floating coffin than a s…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"Having taken proper notice of the complexity of the machine [...] the infinity of ropes and cords, the sails, the varying forces that act upon them, and the skill required to manage the whole, direct…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
"Oh well,' said Jack: and then, 'Did you ever meet Bach?' 'Which Bach?' 'London Bach.' 'Not I.' 'I did. He wrote some pieces for my uncle Fisher, and his young man copied them out fair. But they were …"-Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
6. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.41
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
7. The Truelove
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the sandwich islands at French instigat… read more
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8. Blue at the Mizzen
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of … read more
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9. The Hundred Days
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can c… read more
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10. The Letter of Marque
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.23
Format: None pages,
Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-capt… read more
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11. The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.40
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
"Vividly detailed 19th-century settings and dramatic tension punctuated with flashes of wry humor m… read more
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- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"(She) threw Stephen a quick, apologetic glance and ran into the house. She might be in a strange hurry of spirits, but she moved with the perfect, unconscious grace that had always touched him, and h…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
12. The Mauritius Command
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should ha… read more
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13. The Far Side of the World
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
The war of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own hea… read more
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14. The Nutmeg of Consolation
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page....You're in for a wonderful voyag… read more
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15. The Commodore
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Step… read more
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16. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more
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- classics
- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
17. Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.26
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the … read more
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- classics
- adventure
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Compulsion is the death of friendship."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I sew his ears on from time to time, sure."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"Rested, shaved, coffee’d, steaked, you will be a different man."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
18. H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death a… read more
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- adventure
- historical
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- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Jack, you've debauched my sloth."-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer."-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going - the Austrians, the Spaniards, the Russians. Pray, are the Russians good now? It woul…"-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family, and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the individual by the role. Then multiply the family, and the au…"-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
19. Hornblower and The Island (Hornblower's legacy Book 1)
By: James Keffer
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Even as a prisoner on the remote island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte is embarrassing the Briti… read more
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20. HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS
By: C. S. Forester
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Forester wrote many novels, but he is best known for the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series about an… read more
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21. Hornblower and the Journey Home (Hornblower's legacy Book 7)
By: James Keffer
4.23
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
The year is 1840. Twenty-three years ago, Horatio Lord Hornblower was governor of the island of St.… read more
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