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  • A Sea of Words

    A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: "A gem of a book" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his viola? Who is Admiral Lord Keith, and why is his wife so friendly with Captain Jack Aubrey?More than any other ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harbors and High Seas

    An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O'Brian captured the thrill of that era with his ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Every Man Will Do His Duty

    An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793–1815

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: "Readers of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection" ( Library Journal ).At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal Navy patrolled the seas from India to the Caribbean, connecting an empire with footholds in every corner of the earth ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mahan on Naval Strategy

    Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

    by Alfred Thayer Mahan ...
    Mahan on Naval Strategy, available in paperback for the first time, provides a selection of key writings from one of the greatest naval theorists of all time. An original contributor to the study of strategic thinking, Alfred Thayer Mahan presented concepts and theories in The Influence of Seapower and his other writings that provide guidance in developing strategies to deal with the maritime ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Forging the Trident

    Theodore Roosevelt and the United States Navy

    Edited by John B Hattendorf, William P Leeman ...
    Although Theodore Roosevelt has been the subject of numerous books, there has not been a single volume that traces Roosevelt's interaction with the U.S. Navy from his work as a naval historian in the 1880s through his leadership of the Navy as president in the early twentieth century. The editors of this volume fill in this gap in the historical literature. Each essay in this collection by leading ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Naval Policy and Strategy in the Mediterranean

    Past, Present and Future

    Edited by John B. Hattendorf ...
    Series series Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
    Maritime strategy and naval power in the Mediterranean touches on migration, the environment, technology, economic power, international politics and law, as well as calculations of naval strength and diplomatic manoeuvre. These broad and fundamental themes are explored in this volume. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book

    Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels

    by Anthony Gary Brown ...
    Now in its second edition, this expanded work catalogs every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in the 21 books of Patrick O'Brian's series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. The novels, renowned for their "far-ranging web of wit and allusion," teem with thousands of characters and ships, both imaginary and historical. From Master and Commander to 21: The ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Ionian Mission

    by Patrick O'Brian ...
    Series Book 8 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels
    "O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mission is another rattling good yarn." —Stephen Vaughan, The ObserverJack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior captain commanding a line-of-battle ship in the Royal Navy’s blockade of Toulon, and this is a longer, ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • 21

    The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

    by Patrick O'Brian, Richard Snow ...
    Series Book 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels
    The final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series in a beautiful new package.Patrick O’Brian’s Blue at the Mizzen—novel #20 in the widely celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series—ended with Jack Aubrey getting 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. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Golden Ocean

    by Patrick O'Brian ...
    The first novel Patrick O'Brian ever wrote about the sea, a precursor to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series.In the year 1740, Commodore (later Admiral) George Anson embarked on a voyage that would become one of the most famous exploits in British naval history. Sailing through poorly charted waters, Anson and his men encountered disaster, disease, and astonishing success. They circumnavigated the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Beat the Drums Slowly

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    Series Book 2 - The Napoleonic Wars
    The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy.Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain's army is at stake ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Ship of the Line

    by C. S. Forester ...
    May 1810, seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland, which he deems "the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy List." Moreover, she is 250 men short of a full crew, so Hornblower must enlist and train "poachers, bigamists, sheepstealers," and other landlubbers. By the ... Read more

    $0.99 USD