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The Author Archive
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Patrick O’Brien: A Life Revealed Excerpt
While there is no end to the information available about naval history, information about the author of our beloved series is somewhat harder to come by. He lived a life shrouded in some mystery, and left behind many questions about the life of the genius who somehow created two such different yet fully realized characters [...] -
An Author’s Thoughts on Our Beloved Series
One of the greatest pleasures of my life was my first reading of the Aubreyad. I literally could not put the books down and read all of them in about a month. Ever since then I’ve been wanting to organize a group readthrough, and almost succeeded with the Aubreyad Press Gang (which I’m considering restarting [...] -
Patrick O’Brian Cruise
I came across this information recently and thought I would share it, just on the off-chance any of you happen to be obscenely wealthy (in which case I congratulate you). The Annemarie Victory Organization specializes in luxury cruises and tours, often organized around a specific theme. One of their upcoming cruises takes place on a [...] -
Suggested Reading: Aubrey/Maturin Companion Books
Obviously, the world Patrick O’Brian brings so vividly to life in our beloved series is complex and foreign to most readers. There is certainly no shortage of information about the time period and the novels themselves online (including over 250 articles on this site alone), but there are also many excellent companion books available. Your [...] -
Patrick O’Brian: A Brief Introduction to the Author of the World!
Patrick O’Brian, the esteemed creator of our beloved series, is something of an enigma. There are many questions about his past, some of which have been explored at length in published biographies. This article is nothing like one of those. It’s merely a short, concise introduction to the man and aspects of his work for [...] -
Patrick O’Brian’s Take on Music at Sea in Aubrey’s Royal Navy
As anyone who’s read even the first sentence of our beloved series knows, music plays an important part throughout. In a way, it’s the only thing our two protagonists have in common, the thing that unites them and the foundation of their friendship. Therefore it is unsurprising that the man responsible for the creation of [...] -
Full Nelson: Patrick O’Brian’s Take on the Battle of the Nile
O’Brian wrote this short piece, included in the first of the New York Times Magazine’s six millennium issues. It appeared among a page of “The Best” written by a score of other notable writers. O’Brian’s department is “Best Naval Battle.” It is, perhaps, the last thing he published while alive. These last 1,000 years have [...]