Master and Commander (O'Brian - paperback)

Author: Patrick O'Brian

ISBN: 9780393541588

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

Notes: Aubrey/Maturin Series #1

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile — after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel — Aubrey and a brilliant but down-on-his-luck physician, Stephen Maturin, strike up an unlikely rapport. On a whim, Aubrey invites Maturin to join his crew as the Sophie's surgeon. And so begins the legendary friendship that anchors this beloved saga set against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.