![]() ![]() Their world became a part of me so hard, so fast, that when I reached the end I was bereft. I was living in the 19th-century navy, thinking like Stephen, or sometimes Jack using their vocabulary, adopting their sense of humor, feeling their joys and disappointments. Instead, I was smitten - I read all 412 pages in one sitting. But I began Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander knowing I would hate it. And then again, this time dragging Ursula Le Guin into it: "She loves it, too!"įine. But he recommended it again a week or two later. Napoleonic naval fiction, pah! The man was on crack. It sounds unlikely, I know, but just trust me. ![]() Stephen Maturin, his ship's surgeon, who's also a naturalist and secret agent. It's about the friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy - " In the autumn of 1995, the editor of an academic journal (we'll call him Dave) recommended a book. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Master and Commander Author Patrick O'Brian ![]()
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