Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "Aubry/Maturin" novels form a long series - maybe 18 books??? - of sea stories. They are exceptionally well written. "H.M.S. Surprse" and "Mauritius Campaign" are two of the early ones. They're out in paper, at used book stores, probably all over the world and in a variety of translations. BUT...while they are wonderful sea stories they form a vast extended novel that is also on essay on friendship, the British Navy, life in the early part of the ninteenth century. And they are written in the prose style of the time, or better put, Jane Austen's time really. Still, they are wonderful and the only place you're likely to read "Jack, you've debauched my sloth!" "Master and Commander" was written as a one-off but then they commissioned "Post Captain" and the ball began rolling. You really can start almost anywhere but "HMS Surprise" is probably one of the best. It'll tell you if you like the style. If you get hooked...well...you have a few years of delight as you work your way through the series which I have read several times and listen to as audio books on long trips. Adam On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:11:49 +0200 (MEST), Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> wrote: > Adam, > > Give me more ... I'm totally ignorant on this. Modern classic or a few > years back? I've got Monday-Friday in order to get a copy, then I'm off. > > Thanks for the tip! > > Daniel > > > > > On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > You can take Patrick O'Brian's fine work "The Mauritius Campaign" and > > read it on the spot. This is one of his very best Aubry/Maturin > > novels. Many of us think they are the finest sea stories ever written: > > as if Jane Austen had written sea stories. Highly recommended as > > literature as well as novels of the British Navy in the Napoleonic > > Wars. > > > > Adam > > > > On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:31:15 +0200 (MEST), Daniel Ridings > > <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> wrote: > > > > I'll be leaving the country on August 13th for Honduras, on > > > > September 3rd > > > > for Guatemala, and I'll spend most of October traveling in the US > > > > but not > > > > watching TV! > > > > > > I found out last week that I'll have to spend my first working week > > > after > > > vacation on Mauritius ... lot's of politicians will be there (southern > > > African line, there's a summit meeting for southern African countries). > > > The hot air is usually pretty much the same ... no, worse. But I don't > > > think they have any elections (and they're usually rigged in some of > > > the > > > countries I work in anyway). > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >