- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character), Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character), Naval History, Fiction
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- First published
- July 5, 2000
- Pages
- 367
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publisher Canada, Collins, William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9781433271847
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- Jack Aubrey (Fictitious character)
- Stephen Maturin (Fictitious character)
- Naval History
- Fiction
- Ship captains
- Ship physicians
- Fiction, historical
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction
- Great britain, fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
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