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The Reverse of the Medal
- Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 11
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Jack Aubrey returns from his duties protecting whalers off South America and is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make investments in the City on the strength of supposedly certain information. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage - the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot?
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Keep them coming
- By Mark on 24-05-13
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The Reverse of the Medal
- Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 11
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin, Book 11
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-05-13
- Language: English
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The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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The story picks up from the end of Blue at the Mizzen when Jack Aubrey receives the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. This new novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of O’Brian’s death, would have been a chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. As the novel opens, we are able to visit these friends we have followed so very far in a rare state of almost perfect felicity.
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The final unfinished voyage of Jack Aubrey
- By Claire on 06-06-22
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The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 21
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-05-10
- Language: English
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Men-of-War
- Life in Nelson’s Navy
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Ronald Pickup
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money? These questions and many more are answered in Patrick O'Brian's elegant narrative, which includes wonderful anecdotal material on the battles and commanders that established Britain's naval supremacy.
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Insight into the world of Aubrey and Maturin
- By Guru Bob on 20-07-21
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Men-of-War
- Life in Nelson’s Navy
- Narrated by: Ronald Pickup
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-10-19
- Language: English
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 1
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, along with his crew, and new friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, must patrol a Mediterranean fraught with peril but rich with rewards. A glimpse of white sails on the horizon could mean a prize to be taken – or a fight for survival.
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Disappointing abridgement
- By GraemeC on 28-01-10
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 1
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-06-05
- Language: English
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The Unknown Shore
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: George Weightman
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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As in The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore tells the tale of another ill-fated ship on Anson’s expedition round the world – the Wager. Parted from her squadron in the fearful storms off Cape Horn, the Wager struggles on alone up the ironbound coast of Chile, before she is driven onto rocks and sinks. The survivors include Jack Byron, a midshipman, and his eccentric protégé Toby, an alarmingly naive surgeon’s mate with a single-minded devotion to zoology.
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The Unknown Shore.
- By book_ish on 02-09-23
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The Unknown Shore
- Narrated by: George Weightman
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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The Golden Ocean
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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The protagonist of this story is Peter Palafox, son of a poor Irish parson, who signs on as a midshipman, never before having seen a ship. He is a fellow who would have delighted the young Stephen Maturin or Jack Aubrey...and quarrelled with them as well. Together with his life-long friend Sean, Peter sets out to seek his fortune, embarking on a journey of danger, disappointment, foreign lands and excitement.
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A must read for anyone interested in Ansons voyage
- By Christine McCreery on 19-06-23
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The Golden Ocean
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-06-23
- Language: English
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The Complete Short Stories
- By: Patrick O’Brian, Nikolai Tolstoy - introduction
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
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Patrick O’Brian is acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novelists of the twentieth century, celebrated throughout the world for his masterful roman fleuve, the Aubrey‒Maturin series. But he was also a prolific writer of short stories, and it is in this form that he first made his mark. Encompassing stories written in his unvarnished youth to tales told by a seasoned traveller, this is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. It is a treasure chest, containing more than sixty tales, including rarities, uncollected works, and forgotten jewels.
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The Complete Short Stories
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 27-04-23
- Language: English
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The Fortune of War
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 6
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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En route to England and his next command, Captain Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship’s surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, find themselves swept up in the War of 1812. As Aubrey convalesces from his wounds in a Boston hospital, awaiting the next prisoner exchange, Maturin’s past activities as a spy return to haunt him and precipitate both men into new and unexpected dangers.
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The Fortune of War
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 6
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 6
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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H.M.S. Surprise
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 3
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination. Ahead of him and his crew are the new sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and the terrifying hazards of an archipelago of islands in the East Indies, where their French enemies have near overwhelming superiority.
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Why abridged?
- By Simon on 03-02-10
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H.M.S. Surprise
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 3
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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The Mauritius Command
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 4
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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On half-pay and without a command, Captain Jack Aubrey is stranded at home in an over-crowded cottage with his large and frequently bad-tempered family. When Jack has almost given up hope of ever returning to sea, Stephen Maturin, ship's doctor, occasional intelligence agent, and Jack's closest friend, brings secret orders that Jack is to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a Commodore's pennant.
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The Mauritus Command
- By crumbly on 20-02-06
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The Mauritius Command
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 4
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 4
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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The Far Side of the World
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 10
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
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Racing against time, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must chase the USS Norfolk as she rounds Cape Horn, pursuing her into the Great South Sea and beyond. Following the equator, ahead of them lies not only the natural wonders of the Galapagos but also a succession of disasters – men overboard, castaways, typhoons, shipwrecks, to say nothing of murder and criminal insanity.
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The Far Side of the World
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 10
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 10
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-06-05
- Language: English
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Post Captain
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 2
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentleman. But their comfortable experience is cut short when Jack is made a pauper overnight. He flees to the continent, narrowly escaping debtor’s prison, only to find himself a hunted fugitive from Napoleon’s regime as, yet again, war looms.
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Abridged
- By TomH on 27-09-11
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Post Captain
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 2
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 17-06-05
- Language: English
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The Wine-Dark Sea
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 16
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 3 hrs
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With a beleaguered Britain already facing war on two fronts – against Napoleon’s armies in Europe but also against the young and vigorous United States – the objective of ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin is to light the touch paper of Peruvian revolutionary fervour, all while Captain Jack Aubrey engages with their many and varied enemies at sea.
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What a ridiculously short book
- By John D. on 19-07-21
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The Wine-Dark Sea
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 16
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 16
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 13
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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In the fight against the French, a treaty with the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, a piratical Malay state, may prove decisive. Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, along with a hand-picked crew, must survive the dangers of the high forties and convey a diplomatic envoy to ensure this key alliance, but dangers, both natural and man-made, will dog their every move.
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 13
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 13
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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The Surgeon's Mate
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 7
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Ordered home by despatch vessel, Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin have been tasked with bringing the news of the latest victory in the war with America back to the government in Britain. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought upon the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers who pursue their ship soon become menacing.
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THE SURGEON'S MATE
- By MICHAEL on 04-04-07
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The Surgeon's Mate
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 7
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 7
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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Clarissa Oakes
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 15
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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As he sails away from Port Jackson, Captain Jack Aubrey feels nothing but relief at leaving the penal colony and its inhabitants far behind. But, unknown to him, hidden among his crew is one Clarissa Oakes. With Britain at war on two fronts, with both America and France, Aubrey’s orders are to make for the Sandwich Islands and intervene in the conflict there.
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Clarissa Oakes
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 15
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 15
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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The Reverse of the Medal
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 11
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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With rumours of peace running rampant, Captain Jack Aubrey chances his luck on the stock exchange. However, when his plans go awry, Marshalsea prison awaits. Can Stephen Maturin rescue his friend from a politically motivated trial and the enormity of being stricken from the Navy Lists? When the world has turned its back against you, friendship is all.
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Part way there
- By John L. on 15-02-06
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The Reverse of the Medal
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 11
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 11
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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Costa sottovento
- Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Roberto Accornero
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
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Persa la "Sophie", Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin si ritrovano senza una nave, ma ben provvisti di quattrini grazie alle numerose prede catturate durante la navigazione nel Mediterraneo dalla gloriosa corvetta. D'intesa, i due amici decidono di ritirarsi per qualche tempo in campagna... dimenticando però che la terraferma riserva spesso brutte sorprese agli uomini di mare. E infatti la parentesi idilliaca viene bruscamente interrotta; raggirato dal proprio contabile, Jack si ritrova pieno di debiti ed è costretto alla fuga verso la Spagna.
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Costa sottovento
- Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
- Narrated by: Roberto Accornero
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 22-08-20
- Language: Italian
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The Hundred Days
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing army. Commodore Jack Aubrey and his convoy are tasked with destroying enemy shipyards along the Adriatic coast and cutting off the financial support from that quarter, in a fast and furious race to stop the Corsican from regaining all he’s lost.
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The Hundred Days
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 29-07-11
- Language: English
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The Letter of Marque
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 12
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Jack Aubrey is a naval officer, a post-captain of experience and capacity. When The Letter of Marque opens he has been struck off the Navy List for a crime he has not committed. With Aubrey is his friend and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also an unofficial British intelligence agent.
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brilliant
- By etienne on 01-07-19
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The Letter of Marque
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 12
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin (abridged), Book 12
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 16-06-05
- Language: English
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