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Review: Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian

Posted By Foolish Sage on June 1, 2009

Post Captain (Aubrey/Maturin Book 2)
This second book in the massive Aubrey/Maturin series is a lot more character-driven and a little less action-driven than the exciting debut, Master & Commander. I have a feeling O’Brian was setting up the balance between suspenseful historical warfare narrative and intriguing relationship dynamics.

In Post Captain, O’Brian channels Jane Austen, setting up a love quadrangle that almost brings our two inseparable friends to twenty paces with matched pistols. (Question: what happened to that duel? It just seemed to disappear.) We also learn much more about Stephen Maturin’s secret life, something only hinted at in book one.

More than anything else, Post Captain confirmed for me that I want to read this series all the way through.

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  • Gil
    It has been noted that Post Captain was O'Brian's book of early 19th Century manners and was his homage to Jane Austen. On O'Brian's writing desk set first editions of Austen. For me, the second time through was as enjoyable as the first. In a few years when the details fuzz over, I forsee reading it again.
    O'Brian is the Master and Commander of the written English word.
    Gil
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