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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1969 novel by Patrick O'Brian</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the novel. For the film, see <a href="/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World" title="Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World">Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Master and Commander <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Master+and+Commander&rft.author=%5B%5BPatrick+O%27Brian%5D%5D&rft.date=1969+%28US%29%2C+1970+%28UK%29&rft.pub=%5B%5BJ.+B.+Lippincott+%26+Co.%7CLippincott%5D%5D+%28US%29%2C+%5B%5BWilliam+Collins%2C+Sons%7CCollins%5D%5D+%28UK%29&rft.pages=384+%28US%29%2C+350+%28UK%29&rft.series=%5B%5BAubrey%E2%80%93Maturin+series%5D%5D&rft_id=info:oclcnum/31728441"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Master_%26_Commander_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Master_%26_Commander_cover.jpg/220px-Master_%26_Commander_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Master_%26_Commander_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First US edition (Lippincott, 1969)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian" title="Patrick O'Brian">Patrick O'Brian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series" title="Aubrey–Maturin series">Aubrey–Maturin series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Historical novel, <a href="/wiki/Sea_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea novel">sea novel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Set in</th><td class="infobox-data">18 April 1800 – mid 1801<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._B._Lippincott_%26_Co." title="J. B. Lippincott & Co.">Lippincott</a> (US),<sup id="cite_ref-LOCcat_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOCcat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a> (UK)<sup id="cite_ref-BLcat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLcat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1969 (US),<sup id="cite_ref-LOCcat_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOCcat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1970 (UK)<sup id="cite_ref-BLcat_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLcat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">384 (US),<sup id="cite_ref-LOCcat_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOCcat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 350 (UK)<sup id="cite_ref-BLcat_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLcat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-221526-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-221526-8">0-00-221526-8</a> First edition, Collins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31728441">31728441</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Post_Captain_(novel)" title="Post Captain (novel)">Post Captain</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Master and Commander</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Nautical_fiction" title="Nautical fiction">nautical</a> <a href="/wiki/Historical_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novel">historical novel</a> by the English author <a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian" title="Patrick O'Brian">Patrick O'Brian</a>, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK. The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel <a href="/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series" title="Aubrey–Maturin series">Aubrey–Maturin series</a>, set largely in the era of the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, on which O'Brian continued working until his death in 2000. </p><p>The novel is set at the turn of the 19th century. It focuses on two characters: the young Jack Aubrey, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> lieutenant who has just been promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Master and Commander</a>, effectively a captain, and Stephen Maturin, a destitute physician and naturalist whom Aubrey appoints as his <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship's doctor">naval surgeon</a>. They sail in HM <a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">sloop-of-war</a> <i>Sophie</i> with <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a> James Dillon, a wealthy and aristocratic Irishman. The naval action in the Mediterranean is closely based on the real-life exploits of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald">Lord Cochrane</a>, including a battle modelled after <a href="/wiki/Action_of_6_May_1801" title="Action of 6 May 1801">Cochrane's spectacular victory</a> in the brig <a href="/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1782)" title="HMS Speedy (1782)">HMS <i>Speedy</i></a> over the vastly superior Spanish frigate <i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_El_Gamo" title="Spanish frigate El Gamo">El Gamo</a></i>. </p><p><i>Master and Commander</i> met with mixed reviews on its first publication. Although UK sales were respectable enough for O'Brian to continue with the series, it was not initially a success in the US. In Britain and Ireland, however, voices of praise gradually became dominant. The novel has been lauded for having "a brilliant sense of period,"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000213_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000213-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for O'Brian's "easy command of the philosophical, political, sensual and social temper of the times [that] flavors a rich entertainment,"<sup id="cite_ref-Levin1969_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levin1969-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> putting the reader into the times in every aspect, from exceptional detail on the practices of the Royal Navy on sailing ships to the states of science, medicine, and society during the Napoleonic era. </p><p>In 1990, the US publisher <a href="/wiki/W._W._Norton_%26_Company" title="W. W. Norton & Company">W. W. Norton & Company</a> re-issued the book and its sequels, which was an almost immediate success and drew O'Brian a new and large readership. O'Brian's biographer has placed the novel at the start of what he called the author's <a href="/wiki/Masterpiece" title="Masterpiece">magnum opus</a>, a series that has become perhaps the best-loved <i><a href="/wiki/Novel_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="Novel sequence">roman fleuve</a></i> of the 20th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Setting">Setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel opens on 18 April 1800 and covers the period until mid 1801,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the action being portrayed within the historical setting of <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition" title="War of the Second Coalition">War of the Second Coalition</a>, one phase in Britain’s long and continuing war against the French following <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Nelson</a>'s victories in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean</a>, including the British victory at the 1798 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile" title="Battle of the Nile">Battle of the Nile</a>. Events in the novel also largely take place in the Mediterranean, with the French, British, and Spanish navies attempting to capture and disrupt the merchant shipping of their enemies. </p><p>A significant subplot of the novel concerns the divided loyalties of two Irishmen, Dillon and Maturin, following their involvement in the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">Irish Rebellion of 1798</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000208_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000208-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ireland was then a country governed by Britain, and political dissent had been increasing for some time. Irish Protestants bemoaned the lack of an effective political voice and the fact that much of the best agricultural land was held by absentee English landlords, while the majority Catholic population was excluded from full participation in politics and the respectable professions. The <a href="/wiki/Society_of_United_Irishmen" title="Society of United Irishmen">United Irishmen</a> had been formed in the late 18th century to tackle these grievances, leading ultimately to rebellion. In the rebellion's aftermath many disaffected Irishmen (such as Maturin in the novel) had left the island to seek their fortunes elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel opens in April 1800. Jack Aubrey, a shipless lieutenant wasting away in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> port of <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Mahon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Minorca</a>, meets Stephen Maturin, a destitute Irish-<a href="/wiki/Catalans" title="Catalans">Catalan</a> physician and <a href="/wiki/Natural_philosophy" title="Natural philosophy">natural philosopher</a>, at a concert at the Governor's Mansion. During the performance, Maturin elbows Aubrey who is beating the <a href="/wiki/Bar_(music)" title="Bar (music)">measure</a> "half a beat ahead". The men, both at personal low points, treat the matter as one of honour; they exchange names and anticipate a duel. </p><p>Later that evening, Aubrey learns that he has been promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">commander</a> and has been given command of the 14-gun HM <a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloop</a> <i>Sophie</i>. Meeting Maturin in the street the next day, Aubrey's joy overcomes his animosity and he invites Maturin to dine. The men discover a shared love of music, Aubrey playing the violin and Maturin the cello. On learning Maturin's profession, Aubrey asks him to join his ship. Although as a physician Maturin's expertise goes far beyond that normally expected of a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship's doctor">naval surgeon</a>, he agrees. </p><p><i>Sophie</i> is sent to accompany a small convoy of merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Aubrey takes the opportunity to get to know his sailors and work them into a fighting unit with the aid of his new <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a>, James Dillon, a wealthy and aristocratic Irishman. Dillon and Maturin recognize each other, having previously met (a fact they keep to themselves) as members of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_United_Irishmen" title="Society of United Irishmen">United Irishmen</a>, a society dedicated to Irish <a href="/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">home rule</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholic_emancipation" title="Catholic emancipation">Catholic emancipation</a>. Dillon suffers a crisis of conscience when ordered to intercept an American ship thought to be harbouring Irish rebels, and he works to help them avoid capture. </p><p>Maturin, who has never been aboard a <a href="/wiki/Man-of-war" title="Man-of-war">man-of-war</a>, struggles to understand nautical customs, and the crew explain to him (and to the reader) naval terminology and the official practice whereby <a href="/wiki/Prize_money" title="Prize money">prize money</a> can be awarded for captured enemy vessels. Maturin is treated by the crew as a <a href="/wiki/Landsman_(rank)" title="Landsman (rank)">landsman</a>, though without offence. As a <a href="/wiki/Natural_philosophy" title="Natural philosophy">natural philosopher</a> he relishes the opportunity to study rare birds and fish. </p><p>His convoy duties complete, Aubrey is permitted by Admiral Lord Keith to cruise the Mediterranean independently, looking to capture French and Spanish <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merchantman" class="extiw" title="wikt:merchantman">merchant</a> vessels, at which he is very successful, taking many prizes. <i>Sophie</i> meets and defeats the much larger and better-armed <i>Cacafuego</i>, a Spanish 32-gun <a href="/wiki/Xebec" title="Xebec">xebec-frigate</a>, though a number of the crew, including Dillon, die in the bloody action. A victory against such odds would normally bring official recognition, promotion, and significant prize money, but unfortunately for Aubrey his superior at Mahon is Captain Harte, with whose wife Aubrey has been having an affair. Harte ensures that Aubrey receives none of those things, though he cannot prevent Aubrey gaining a reputation within the Royal Navy as one of its great, young fighting captains. </p><p>On escort duty, <i>Sophie</i> is captured by a squadron of four large French warships, and the crew is taken prisoner. The French Captain <a href="/wiki/Christy-Palli%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Christy-Pallière">Christy-Pallière</a> is courteous; he feeds Aubrey well and tells him of his own cousins in <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>. During the crew's confinement, the French are attacked by a British squadron in what becomes the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Algeciras" title="First Battle of Algeciras">First Battle of Algeciras</a>. Several days later the officers are <a href="/wiki/Parole#Prisoners_of_war" title="Parole">paroled</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> from where they are able to witness from afar the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Algeciras" title="Second Battle of Algeciras">second battle</a>. Aubrey faces a <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">court-martial</a> for the loss of his ship and is acquitted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Principal_characters">Principal characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Principal characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Recurring_characters_in_the_Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series" title="Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series">Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Aubrey" title="Jack Aubrey">Jack Aubrey</a>: Royal Navy lieutenant, newly appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Master and Commander</a> of <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Maturin" title="Stephen Maturin">Stephen Maturin</a>: Irish-<a href="/wiki/Catalan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan people">Catalan</a> physician, <a href="/wiki/Natural_philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural philosopher">natural philosopher</a> and musician, taken on as surgeon of <i>Sophie.</i></li> <li>Captain Harte: Station commandant at <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Port Mahon</a>.</li> <li>Molly Harte: Wife of the station commandant, lover of Aubrey.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keith_Elphinstone,_1st_Viscount_Keith" class="mw-redirect" title="George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith">Lord Keith</a>: Admiral in the Mediterranean, recently married to Queeney.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hester_Maria_Elphinstone,_Viscountess_Keith" title="Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith">Queeney</a>: Wife of Lord Keith, in earlier days neighbour and tutor to the young Jack Aubrey.</li> <li>William Marshall: Master in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>Tom Pullings: Master's mate in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>William Mowett: Master's mate in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>Barret Bonden: <a href="/wiki/Coxswain" title="Coxswain">Coxswain</a> and captain of the maintop in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>Preserved Killick: Aubrey's personal steward</li> <li>Mr William Babbington: Midshipman in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>Mr James Dillon: First lieutenant in <i>Sophie</i>.</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/George_Heneage_Lawrence_Dundas" class="mw-redirect" title="George Heneage Lawrence Dundas">Heneage Dundas</a>: Captain of the sloop <i>Calpe</i> and friend of Aubrey.</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Jean-Anne_Christy_de_la_Palli%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Anne Christy de la Pallière">Christy-Pallière</a>: Captain of the French ship <i>Desaix</i>.</li> <li>Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_Saumarez,_1st_Baron_de_Saumarez" title="James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez">Sir James Saumarez</a>: Rear Admiral of the squadron that succeeds in the <a href="/wiki/Algeciras_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Algeciras Campaign">Algeciras Campaign</a>.</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships">Ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><b>British</b> <ul><li>HM <a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war#Ship_sloop" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloop</a> <i>Sophie</i> – 14 gun brig sloop, modelled by O'Brian on <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald">Thomas Cochrane</a>'s <a href="/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1782)" title="HMS Speedy (1782)">HMS <i>Speedy</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1785)" title="HMS Audacious (1785)">HMS <i>Audacious</i></a> – ship of the line and flagship</li> <li>HMS <i>Niobe</i> – frigate</li> <li>HMS <i>Pallas</i> – frigate</li> <li>HMS <i>Burford</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_ship_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9reux_(1785)" title="French ship Généreux (1785)">HMS <i>Généreux</i></a> – 74-gun third rate</li> <li>HMS <i>Tartarus</i> – bomb-ketch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calpe_(1800)" title="HMS Calpe (1800)">HMS <i>Calpe</i></a> – brig sloop</li></ul></li> <li><b>Spanish</b>: <ul><li><i>Cacafuego</i> – 32 gun <a href="/wiki/Xebec" title="Xebec">xebec</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a>, modelled on the Spanish ship <a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_El_Gamo" title="Spanish frigate El Gamo">El Gamo</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200685_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200685-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Norwegian</b>: <ul><li><i>Dorothe Engelbretsdotter -</i> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merchantman" class="extiw" title="wikt:merchantman">merchantman</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>French</b>: <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/French_ship_Tyrannicide_(1793)" title="French ship Tyrannicide (1793)">Desaix</a></i> – ship of the line</li></ul></li></ul> In addition, O'Brian names all of the British, French and Spanish ships present in the <a href="/wiki/Algeciras_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Algeciras Campaign">Algeciras Campaign</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="O'Brian's_sources"><span id="O.27Brian.27s_sources"></span>O'Brian's sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: O'Brian's sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an introductory <i>Author's Note</i> to the novel, O'Brian sets out his approach to historical accuracy, noting that historic records of naval battles are filled with "actions that few men could invent". He goes on to say, "That is why I have gone straight to the source for the fighting in this book ... and so when I describe a fight I have log-books, official letters, contemporary accounts or the participants' own memoirs to vouch for every exchange ... Yet, on the other hand, I have not felt slavishly bound to precise chronological sequence; ... within a context of general historical accuracy I have changed names, places and minor events". He considers that "authenticity is a jewel", and that "the admirable men of these times ... are best celebrated in their own splendid actions rather than in imaginary contests".<sup id="cite_ref-M&C_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M&C-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The naval actions of the novel are closely based on the exploits of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald">Thomas Cochrane</a> (1775–1860), 10th Earl of Dundonald, a notoriously fiery naval captain and later admiral.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006103_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006103-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cochrane's own ship, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1782)" title="HMS Speedy (1782)">HMS <i>Speedy</i></a>, forms the basis for Aubrey's <i>Sophie</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Aubrey's exploits are historically-sourced, his personality is O'Brian's own invention and differs significantly from that of the real Cochrane,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown20069_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown20069-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Scot who could at times be rash, confrontational and disagreeable.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000206_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000206-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character of Maturin is likewise of O'Brian's devising,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though it has been said that the author's own personality, attitudes, interests and even appearance are closely reflected in his character's persona.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown20069,_274_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown20069,_274-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specific_events">Specific events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Specific events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The capture in the novel of the Spanish <i>Cacafuego</i> by the vastly inferior <i>Sophie</i> is based on the <a href="/wiki/Action_of_6_May_1801" title="Action of 6 May 1801">real-life capture on 6 May 1801</a> of the Spanish frigate <i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_El_Gamo" title="Spanish frigate El Gamo">El Gamo</a></i> by the British <a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">brig-sloop</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(1782)" title="HMS Speedy (1782)">HMS <i>Speedy</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cordingly_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cordingly-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200685_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200685-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the most spectacular single-ship victories in British Naval history,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i><a href="/wiki/El_Gamo" class="mw-redirect" title="El Gamo">El Gamo</a></i> incident captured the public imagination and founded the reputation of the <i>Speedy's</i> commander, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald">Thomas Cochrane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200049_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200049-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like Aubrey in the book, however, Cochrane did not receive from the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> the promotion and prize money he might have expected from so spectacular a victory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The capture of <i>Sophie</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Anne_Christy_de_la_Palli%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Anne Christy de la Pallière">Christy-Pallière</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/French_ship_Tyrannicide_(1793)" title="French ship Tyrannicide (1793)">Desaix</a></i> parallels the experience of Cochrane aboard the <i>Speedy</i>, down to the detail of the real Christy-Pallière refusing to accept the vanquished captain's sword: "I will not accept the sword of an officer who has for so many hours struggled against impossibility".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200059_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200059-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exploit of deceiving a ship at night by attaching lights to a decoy was executed by Cochrane and was described in his <i>Autobiography of a Seaman</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundonald107_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundonald107-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar exploit was reported to have been used by the French <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateer</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Potier" title="Joseph Potier">Joseph-Marie Potier</a> to escape a British frigate near <a href="/wiki/Quiberon_Bay" title="Quiberon Bay">Quiberon Bay</a> in January 1809.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/Algeciras_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Algeciras Campaign">Algeciras Campaign</a> O'Brian studied the dispatches of admiral <a href="/wiki/James_Saumarez,_1st_Baron_de_Saumarez" title="James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez">Sir James Saumarez</a> along with other contemporary reports of the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000207_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000207-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Master_%26_Commander_cover_by_Geoff_Hunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Master_%26_Commander_cover_by_Geoff_Hunt.jpg/220px-Master_%26_Commander_cover_by_Geoff_Hunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Master_%26_Commander_cover_by_Geoff_Hunt.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hunt_(marine_artist)" title="Geoff Hunt (marine artist)">Geoff Hunt</a> cover used on reissues</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_US_and_UK_publications_1969_/_70"><span id="First_US_and_UK_publications_1969_.2F_70"></span>First US and UK publications 1969 / 70</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: First US and UK publications 1969 / 70"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1960s two of O'Brian's seafaring books for children, <i>The Golden Ocean</i> (1956) and <i>The Unknown Shore</i> (1959), caught the attention of a US publisher, <a href="/wiki/J._B._Lippincott_%26_Co." title="J. B. Lippincott & Co.">J B Lippincott</a>, who were seeking an author to follow in the footsteps of <a href="/wiki/C._S._Forester" title="C. S. Forester">C S Forester</a>, creator of the <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower" title="Horatio Hornblower">Hornblower</a> series of novels. Forester had died in 1966 and a year later, at the age of 53, O'Brian started work on <i>Master and Commander</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The novel was first published in the US by Lippincott in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Brian's then UK publisher <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" title="Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan</a>, who had originally agreed to jointly commission the book,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000205_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000205-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rejected it as too full of jargon. It was taken up and published by <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The novel did respectably in Britain ("selling a most surprising number" according to O'Brian),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Brian199420_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Brian199420-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was not initially successful in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Brian later commented, "I am sorry to say that the Americans did not like it much at its first appearance (they have changed their minds since, bless them)".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Brian199420_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Brian199420-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lippincott persevered in the US with publication of the next two novels in the series, <i>Post Captain</i> (1972) and <i>HMS Surprise</i> (1973), though sales remained slow. A change of US publisher to <a href="/wiki/Stein_and_Day" title="Stein and Day">Stein and Day</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mauritius_Command" title="The Mauritius Command">The Mauritius Command</a></i> did not help, and US publications ceased with <i><a href="/wiki/Desolation_Island_(novel)" title="Desolation Island (novel)">Desolation Island</a></i> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBennett1994150_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett1994150-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norton_US_reissue_1990">Norton US reissue 1990</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Norton US reissue 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989 Starling Lawrence, an editor with the US publisher <a href="/wiki/W._W._Norton_%26_Company" title="W. W. Norton & Company">W W Norton</a>, borrowed a copy of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Reverse_of_the_Medal" title="The Reverse of the Medal">The Reverse of the Medal</a></i> from O'Brian's London literary agent to read on his flight home to New York. Lawrence persuaded Norton that in spite of the failed attempts of two previous US publishers <i>Master and Commander</i> and the subsequent novels were worth re-publishing.<sup id="cite_ref-Horowitz_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horowitz-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norton's re-issued series (from 1990) was an almost immediate success and drew a new, large readership.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006273-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_significance_and_criticism">Literary significance and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Literary significance and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>This section concentrates on reviews of this specific novel. For more general reviews of the series as a whole, see <a href="/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series#Literary_significance_and_criticism" title="Aubrey–Maturin series">Aubrey–Maturin series literary significance and criticism</a></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_US_and_UK_publications_1969_/_70_2"><span id="First_US_and_UK_publications_1969_.2F_70_2"></span>First US and UK publications 1969 / 70</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: First US and UK publications 1969 / 70"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/C._S._Forester" title="C. S. Forester">C S Forester</a> having died just a few years earlier, some critics were left bewildered and disappointed by the complexity of O'Brian's creation after the predictability of the <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower" title="Horatio Hornblower">Hornblower</a> series.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBennett1994159_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett1994159-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Not, I think, memorable, at least in the Hornblower way" wrote the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Press">Irish Press</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Library_Journal" title="Library Journal">Library Journal</a></i>, "Mourning Hornblower fans may prefer to read a good if disappointing new book rather than to reread one of the master's epics".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reception of other critics was more positive. In the US, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Book_Review" title="The New York Times Book Review">The <i>New York Times Book Review</i></a> noted the author's "delightful subtlety", and his "easy command of the philosophical, political, sensual and social temper of the times [that] flavors a rich entertainment",<sup id="cite_ref-Levin1969_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levin1969-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <i><a href="/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews" title="Kirkus Reviews">Kirkus Reviews</a></i> said that the book was "A welcome treat for sea hounds who care more for belaying pins than ravaged bodices below decks".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several UK press reviewers were also impressed. The <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mirror" title="Sunday Mirror">Sunday Mirror</a></i> said "Nothing is glamourised. The press gangings, the squalor are all here....The battle scenes are tremendous...This is not secondhand <a href="/wiki/C._S._Forester" title="C. S. Forester">Forester</a>, but a really fine piece of writing",<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Nightingale" title="Benedict Nightingale">Benedict Nightingale</a> writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> called the book "Dashing, well-timbered, pickled in the period, and with strong human tensions and cross-currents".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pocock" title="Tom Pocock">Tom Pocock</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/London_Evening_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="London Evening Standard">The Evening Standard</a>,</i> "It is as though, under Mr O'Brian's touch, those great sea-paintings at Greenwich had stirred and come alive".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sailor <a href="/wiki/Francis_Chichester" title="Francis Chichester">Sir Francis Chichester</a>, recently returned from his 1967 single-handed voyage round the world, described the book as "the best sea story I have ever read",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOllard199423_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOllard199423-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a quote which the publishers adopted for use on the novel's front cover. Also used on the book's jacket in Britain was a heartfelt quote from the author <a href="/wiki/Mary_Renault" title="Mary Renault">Mary Renault</a>, "A spirited sea-tale with cracking pace and a brilliant sense of period. In a highly competitive field it goes straight to the top. A real first-rater".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000213_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000213-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_reviews">Later reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Later reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the series of novels expanded, single-volume reviews became less common and reviewers tended to prefer retrospectives of the entire series to date.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBennett1994160_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett1994160-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one reviewer noted, "The best way to think of these novels is as a single 5,000-page book".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although <i>Master and Commander</i> and its immediate sequels had received at first a somewhat muted reception in the US, in Britain and Ireland the voices of praise continued to increase and gradually became dominant.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBennett1994159–160_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett1994159–160-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2000, O'Brian's reputation was such that his American biographer <a href="/wiki/Dean_King" title="Dean King">Dean King</a> was able to place <i>Master and Commander</i> at the start of what he called the author's magnum opus, a twenty-novel series that has become perhaps the best-loved <i><a href="/wiki/Novel_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="Novel sequence">roman fleuve</a></i> of the twentieth century: "[an] epic of two heroic yet believably realistic men that would in some ways define a generation".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000207_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000207-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following O'Brian's death in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Myers" title="Kevin Myers">Kevin Myers</a> recalled in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> his first reading of this and the subsequent two novels in the series: "the most glorious literary mixture ever – Jane Austen meets Gray's Anatomy meets John Buchan meets Apothecaries' Gazetteer. The author's cast of characters is Dickensian in its scope, but of greater subtlety and sophistication in its portrayal."<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2000_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2000-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Snow" title="Richard Snow">Richard Snow</a> in 2004, the first meeting between Aubrey and Maturin (with which the novel opens) led to "the greatest friendship of modern literature". Snow quotes Fredric Smoler, professor of history and literature, in a <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespearean</a> comparison: "It's like <a href="/wiki/Prince_Hal" title="Prince Hal">Prince Hal</a> meeting <a href="/wiki/Falstaff" class="mw-redirect" title="Falstaff">Falstaff</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Snow2010_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snow2010-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in 2013, the author <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Griffith" title="Nicola Griffith">Nicola Griffith</a> professed herself smitten: "In these books every reader who loves fiction both intellectually and viscerally will find something to treasure – and every writer something to envy. They will sweep you away and return you delighted, increased and stunned". She noted that while many reviewers have compared O'Brian to C S Forester, such comparisons are 'nonsense' – "This is Jane Austen on a ship of war, with the humanity, joy and pathos of Shakespeare".<sup id="cite_ref-Griffith_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffith-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_adaptation">Film adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Film adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World" title="Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World">Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</a></div> <p>The 2003 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Weir" title="Peter Weir">Peter Weir</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World" title="Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World">Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Russell_Crowe" title="Russell Crowe">Russell Crowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bettany" title="Paul Bettany">Paul Bettany</a>, uses some of the characters, dialogue and events from the <a href="/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series" title="Aubrey–Maturin series">Aubrey–Maturin series</a>, but does not faithfully reproduce the plot of the books.<sup id="cite_ref-BrownWeb_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownWeb-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200610-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200610_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LOCcat-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LOCcat_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LOCcat_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LOCcat_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/77085111">"Master and commander"</a>. <i>Library of Congress Catalog</i>. 1969<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Library+of+Congress+Catalog&rft.atitle=Master+and+commander&rft.date=1969&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flccn.loc.gov%2F77085111&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BLcat-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BLcat_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BLcat_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BLcat_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://primocat.bl.uk/F?func=direct&local_base=ITEMV&doc_number=010320844&con_lng=eng">"British Library Item details"</a>. <i>primocat.bl.uk</i>. British Library<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=primocat.bl.uk&rft.atitle=British+Library+Item+details&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fprimocat.bl.uk%2FF%3Ffunc%3Ddirect%26local_base%3DITEMV%26doc_number%3D010320844%26con_lng%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000213-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000213_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000213_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKing2000">King 2000</a>, p. 213.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Levin1969-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Levin1969_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Levin1969_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLevin1969" class="citation news cs1">Levin, Martin (14 December 1969). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/12/14/issue.html">"Master and Commander"</a></span>. Book Reviews. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 February</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Master+and+Commander&rft.date=1969-12-14&rft.aulast=Levin&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1969%2F12%2F14%2Fissue.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000208-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000208_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKing2000">King 2000</a>, p. 208.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006335,_336_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, p. 335, 336.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200685-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200685_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200685_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-M&C-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-M&C_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Brian1970" class="citation book cs1">O'Brian, Patrick (1970). <i>Master and Commander</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>. Author's Note. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-649915-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-649915-2"><bdi>978-0-00-649915-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Master+and+Commander&rft.place=London&rft.pages=Author%27s+Note&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=978-0-00-649915-2&rft.aulast=O%27Brian&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2006103-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2006103_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown20069-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown20069_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing2000206-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing2000206_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKing2000">King 2000</a>, p. 206.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown20069,_274-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown20069,_274_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrown2006">Brown 2006</a>, pp. 9, 274.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cordingly-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cordingly_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCordingly2007" class="citation book cs1">Cordingly, David (2007). <i>Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander</i>. New York: Bloomsbury. pp. 3–4. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58234-534-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58234-534-5"><bdi>978-1-58234-534-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cochrane%3A+The+Real+Master+and+Commander&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=3-4&rft.pub=Bloomsbury&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-58234-534-5&rft.aulast=Cordingly&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200051_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey2000">Harvey 2000</a>, p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200049-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200049_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey2000">Harvey 2000</a>, p. 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey200059-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey200059_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey2000">Harvey 2000</a>, p. 59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dundonald107-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dundonald107_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCochrane1860" class="citation book cs1">Cochrane, Thomas (1860). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=W_pVAAAAYAAJ"><i>The Autobiography of a Seaman</i></a>. Vol. I. 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"Four Decades of Reviews". In Cunningham, A. E. (ed.). <i>Patrick O'Brian: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography</i>. Boston Spa: The British Library. pp. 149–171. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3"><bdi>0-7123-1070-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Four+Decades+of+Reviews&rft.btitle=Patrick+O%27Brian%3A+Critical+Appreciations+and+a+Bibliography&rft.place=Boston+Spa&rft.pages=149-171&rft.pub=The+British+Library&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-7123-1070-3&rft.aulast=Bennett&rft.aufirst=Stuart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown2006" class="citation book cs1">Brown, Anthony Gary (2006). <i>The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book</i> (2nd ed.). Jefferson, NC: MacFarland and Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-9385-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-9385-2"><bdi>978-0-7864-9385-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Patrick+O%27Brian+Muster+Book&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=MacFarland+and+Company&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-9385-2&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Anthony+Gary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Brian1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian" title="Patrick O'Brian">O'Brian, Patrick</a> (1994). "Black, Choleric & Married?". In Cunningham, A. E. (ed.). <i>Patrick O'Brian: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography</i>. Boston Spa: The British Library. pp. 15–21. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3"><bdi>0-7123-1070-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Black%2C+Choleric+%26+Married%3F&rft.btitle=Patrick+O%27Brian%3A+Critical+Appreciations+and+a+Bibliography&rft.place=Boston+Spa&rft.pages=15-21&rft.pub=The+British+Library&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-7123-1070-3&rft.aulast=O%27Brian&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarvey2000" class="citation book cs1">Harvey, Robert (2000). <i>Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain</i>. London: Robinson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84119-398-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-84119-398-4"><bdi>1-84119-398-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cochrane%3A+The+Life+and+Exploits+of+a+Fighting+Captain&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Robinson&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-84119-398-4&rft.aulast=Harvey&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKing2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dean_King" title="Dean King">King, Dean</a> (2000). <i>Patrick O'Brian: A life revealed</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" title="Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder & Stoughton</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-340-792558" title="Special:BookSources/0-340-792558"><bdi>0-340-792558</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Patrick+O%27Brian%3A+A+life+revealed&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-340-792558&rft.aulast=King&rft.aufirst=Dean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOllard1994" class="citation book cs1">Ollard, Richard (1994). "The Jack Aubrey Novels: an editorial report". In Cunningham, A. E. (ed.). <i>Patrick O'Brian: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography</i>. Boston Spa: The British Library. pp. 23–31. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7123-1070-3"><bdi>0-7123-1070-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Jack+Aubrey+Novels%3A+an+editorial+report&rft.btitle=Patrick+O%27Brian%3A+Critical+Appreciations+and+a+Bibliography&rft.place=Boston+Spa&rft.pages=23-31&rft.pub=The+British+Library&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-7123-1070-3&rft.aulast=Ollard&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMaster+and+Commander" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series#Further_reading" title="Aubrey–Maturin series">Aubrey–Maturin series § Further reading</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_and_Commander&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cannonade.net/map.php?Master_and_Commander">Maps for <i>Master and Commander</i></a>, in <i>The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project</i>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.saignon.org/FINE%20BOOKS/PERPLEXED/HOME/Perp2004Home.htm">Guide for the Perplexed by A G Brown</a>. Translations into English of foreign phrases within this and the other novels.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hmssurprise.org/">The Gunroom of HMS <i>Surprise</i></a>. 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