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03. HMS Surprise Archive
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Eyewitness Accounts of the Hamilton/Burr Duel
Throughout the course of our beloved series, Stephen fights several duels and almost fights several more. He is by no means abnormal for his time; gentlemen of his era often felt the only way to defend their honor was to shoot someone over it. One of the most famous historical duels was that between Alexander [...] -
Survival At Sea 2/2: Surviving Sharks, Finding Land and Other Useful Tips
As many times as Jack, Stephen and their various crews were shipwrecked and marooned, they managed to survive not just because they knew how to take care of the basics (food, water, etc.) but because they knew how to survive everything and anything the ocean might throw at them, allowing them to live long enough [...] -
Survival At Sea 1/2: Weather, Food, Water, Medical
Throughout the course of our beloved series, our stalwart heroes find themselves in many perilous situations that aren’t always directly related to combat (stranded on a tiny island during a storm, adrift on the open ocean without a raft, shipwrecked at least twice, etc.). Luckily, they have the survival skills to carry them through these [...] -
Stephen Maturin: This Article’s Title Is A Spoiler
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Aubreyad Novel and Film Connections
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Paintings, Plans, Diagrams and History of the HMS Surprise
*SPOILERS* … He knew her through and through, as beautiful a piece of ship-building as any that had been launched from the French yards, a true thoroughbred, very fast in the right hands, weatherly, dry, a splendid sailor on a bowline, and a ship that almost steered herself once you understood her ways. - H.M.S. [...] -
Jews in England During the Napoleonic Era
“Was you ever in the Service, sir?” asked Jack. “I? Why, no. I am a Jew,” said Canning, with a look of deep amusement. - Conversation between Jack Aubrey and Mr. Canning, Post Captain In Post Captain we are introduced to Mr. Canning, a wealthy Jewish entrepreneur who is building a swift privateer and wants [...] -
10.05.1804 The Action Off Cape Santa Maria
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HMS Surprise Radio Play
*SPOILERS* Naval battles, political intrigue and romantic rivalry in Roger Danes’s dramatization of Patrick O’Brian’s novel, set in 1804 in England, India and on the high seas. To download, click the link; the download should begin immediately. The files are in .zip format and contain .mp3s; you’ll need a zip utility such as ZipIt or [...] -
The Lost Paragraph From HMS Surprise
*SPOILERS* Book editors are not infalliable, and occasionally mistakes are made. A rather large mistake occurred at Norton when they were arranging the publishing of book three of our beloved series, HMS Surprise. Apparently, they inadvertently removed an entire paragraph, and it has never been replaced. The following is meant to follow the fifth paragraph [...]