Master and Commander
Published in 1969, Master and Commander is a mythic fiction and fae fiction novel by Patrick O'Brian. The story is set in Great Britain, in Napoleonic Wars. It features Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. Readers will find themes of Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, Naval History and ship captains.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 24 ratings, and 154 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 47 editions.
It runs to roughly 412 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Master and Commander
This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the roar of broadsides as the great ships close in battle. - Publisher.
Quick answers
Who wrote Master and Commander?
Master and Commander was written by Patrick O'Brian and first published in 1969.
What genre is Master and Commander?
It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction, Fae & Fairy Fiction and Historical Fiction.
How long is Master and Commander?
The median edition has 412 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Master and Commander?
Readers who like it often enjoy Circe, The Hollow Hills and The Winter King.
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