Jack Aubrey Commands, An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O’Brian

London : Conway Maritime Press, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Numerous colour photos and illustrations and black and white illustrations. The author, a naval historian, relates the naval fiction of Patrick O’Brian and C S Forester to the real world of naval life as existed in Nelson’s time. First paperback editon by this publisher. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 182 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Card cover corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 0. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; Royal Navy; ISBN: 1844860124. ISBN/EAN: 9781844860128. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52109. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Card cover corners slightly bumped and small mark on inside back cover which has impacted on last page of index. n Jack Aubrey Commands Brian Lavery, one of the most respected naval historians of his generation, relates the naval fiction of Patrick O'Brian and C S Forester to the real world inhabited by famous Royal Navy heroes such as Lord Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith and Thomas Cochrane. It draws on the experiences and activities of men such as Frederick Marryat, the founder of naval fiction, the Austen brothers whose sister Jane created our most intimate picture of shore life in the period, and Nelson's chaplain Alexander Scott, who also served as a part-time spy.

All these individuals and others provided inspiration for Patrick O'Brian's character of Jack Aubrey. The historical naval facts behind the great works of naval fiction are fully explored while the text fully contextualises a number of key episodes and characters as well as the minutiae of naval life in the era of Nelson, as it is put forward in these enduring sea stories. The book includes a foreword by Peter Weir, director of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, where he outlines the challenges posed by, and encountered in, the dramatisation of the O'Brian novels. Colour photos, colour and B & W illustrations