Master and commander - Rambling Readers

696 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 1999 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-7862-1932-2

(5 reviews)

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin form a friendship in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy is described.

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2 stars

Struggled to get anywhere with this book, it seems to plod along whilst bamboozling the reader with as much naval jargon as is possible. A slog compared with Hornblower.