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Spoliers Archive
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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 [...] -
The Capture of Mauritius in 1810 vs. The Mauritius Command
As Patrick O’Brian states in the introduction to that book, the events described in The Mauritius Command are closely based on fact. Just how closely is apparent from the following excerpts from part 5 of W.L. Clowes’ The Royal Navy. Peter Davis has helpfully added reference numbers to the novel in [..] (not sure which [...] -
Law and Morality in Patrick O’Brian’s Post Captain
One of the things that makes our beloved series so, um, belovable, is the incredible density of the details packed into it. There’s more in every book than just an enjoyable adventure. Within each book one can find discourses on nature (both animal and human), medicine, science, politics, technology… Every aspect of Napoleonic Era life [...] -
Stephen Maturin: This Article’s Title Is A Spoiler
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Paintings, Plans, Diagrams and History of the HMS Boadicea
*SPOILERS* … the Boadicea proved she was a dry, wholesome ship. – The Mauritius Campaign -
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. [...] -
Post Captain Discussion Questions Ch. 7
*SPOILERS* August 9, 2010 – August 15, 2010 The Aubreyad Press Gang Epic Adventure Week Sixteen -
Post Captain Discussion Questions Ch. 6
*SPOILERS* August 2, 2010 – August 8, 2010 The Aubreyad Press Gang Epic Adventure Week Fifteen -
Post Captain Discussion Questions Ch. 5
*SPOILERS* July 26, 2010 – August 1, 2010 The Aubreyad Press Gang Epic Adventure Week Fourteen