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• Blue at the Mizzen
  …e Mizzen]]'' ranks only a little behind ''[[The Mauritius Command]]'' as a book that is grounded in actual history. Admiral Lord [[Thomas Cochrane|Cochra… …er, there are clear signs that O’Brian was already thinking of a further book long before this one was completed. Thus chapter 5 (p.131) refers to the …
  11 KB (1805 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
• The Unknown Shore
  …have been uttered (p.66). If it were not for the clear references in this book to characters from ''[[The Golden Ocean]]'', one might wonder whether it h… …rld of human behaviour in microcosm, ready for the deepest study. In this book he goes further. He can be as hilarious as ever, as in the ‘turkeys on …
  10 KB (1542 words) - 09:33, 24 November 2010
• Diana Villiers
  …he connivance of Talleyrand and Diana accompanies them. At the end of the book she finally agrees to marry Stephen.
  6 KB (1011 words) - 09:33, 24 November 2010
• Articles of War
  …the fleet, who shall knowingly make or sign a false [[muster]] or [[muster book]], or who shall command, counsel, or procure the making or signing thereof…
  20 KB (3467 words) - 09:31, 24 November 2010
• Weigh
  …]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].
  6 KB (1030 words) - 09:32, 24 November 2010
• The Ships of Jack Aubrey
  …r understand exactly what kind of vessel Jack Aubrey was commanding in the book in hand. And often I thought how convenient it would be to have a single … …hon in the western Mediterranean. Towards the end of the novel, the first book in the series, the ''Sophie'' is captured on the Spanish coast by a French…
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