12 Best adventure books like The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7) by Patrick O'Brian

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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…

"(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 he felt a wave of tenderness, allied to his former passionate love; perhaps its ghost."

-Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)

"(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 he felt a wave of tenderness, allied to his former passionate love; perhaps its ghost."

-Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)

If you liked the adventure plot in The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7) by Patrick O'Brian , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

By: Dean King , John B. Hattendorf

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This indispensable guide to navigating the well-loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with … read more

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  • adventure
  • maritime
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Commodore Hornblower by C.S. Forester

2. Commodore Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower. Dispatched t… read more

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  • adventure
  • literature
  • historical
  • maritime
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Envy (Luxe, #3) by Anna Godbersen

3. Envy (Luxe, #3)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.90

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the third in the New York … read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One did not win by throwing temper tantrums."

-Anna Godbersen, Envy (Luxe, #3)

"Henry wondered not for the first time if her blood ran red or black."

-Anna Godbersen, Envy (Luxe, #3)

"The best heroines, she'd always believed, took their fate into their own hands."

-Anna Godbersen, Envy (Luxe, #3)

"To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward - that's what one has to do."

-Anna Godbersen, Envy (Luxe, #3)

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4. Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

By: C.S. Forester

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Horatio Hornblower, now Admiral, sails over seas as challenging as any in his victorious career. As… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Hornblower and the Atropos

By: C.S. Forester

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Horn… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals, #1)

By: Michelle Cooper

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

"There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings." Sophie FitzOsbor… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Beat to Quarters

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty h… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Lord Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Weary of the war that he has waged nearly his entire life, Hornblower finds himself assigned an esp… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Lieutenant Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his … read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. 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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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

By: Dean King , John B. Hattendorf , J. Worth Estes

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing th… read more

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12. Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must … read more

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13. The King's Privateer (Alan Lewrie, #4)

By: Dewey Lambdin

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

1783: His Majesty's secret agent Fresh from war in the Americas, young navy veteran Alan Lewrie fin… read more

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14. The French Admiral (Alan Lewrie, #2)

By: Dewey Lambdin

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young rake whose amorous adventures ashore lead to his being shipped of… read more

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15. Letters from Skye

By: Jessica Brockmole

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole's a… read more

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16. The Boy Who Dared

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany… read more

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17. Hornblower During the Crisis

By: C.S. Forester

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Although unfinished at the time of C. S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis delivers a … read more

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18. Kydd (Kydd Sea Adventures, #1)

By: Julian Stockwin

3.93

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Librarian note: alternate-cover edition of 9780743214582. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker f… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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19. 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
  • literature
  • historical
  • maritime
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"(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)

20. The King's Commission (Alan Lewrie, #3)

By: Dewey Lambdin

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

1782 First officer on brig o'war . . . Fresh from duty on the frigate Desperate in her fight with t… read more

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21. Ship of the Line

By: C.S. Forester

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

May 1810, seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in com… read more

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22. The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the despair and hope of the difficult winter between 1… read more

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23. Flying Colours

By: C.S. Forester

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornb… read more

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24. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more

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25. The Children's Book

By: A.S. Byatt

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the … read more

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26. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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  • novels
"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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27. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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28. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

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  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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29. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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30. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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31. All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World

By: Will Sofrin

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired by Hollywood to sail an 18th-centu… read more

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  • maritime
  • audiobook
  • adventure

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