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Sir '''Joseph Blaine''' is a senior official in the Royal Navy's intelligence service. He is [[Stephen Maturin]]'s prime contact with the [[Admiralty]]. He is also an enthusiastic entomologist and member of the [[Royal Society]] which provides Maturin with a good cover for their frequent meetings. | Sir '''Joseph Blaine''' is a senior official in the Royal Navy's intelligence service. He is [[Stephen Maturin]]'s prime contact with the [[Admiralty]]. He is also an enthusiastic entomologist and member of the [[Royal Society]] which provides Maturin with a good cover for their frequent meetings. | ||
| - | Blaine first appears in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]] when he arranges for Maturin to receive an honorary position as a [[Post Captain (rank)|post captain]] for the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet so that he can share in the [[prize money]]. Subsequently he is largely responsible for arranging Maturin's verious secret missions. He is portrayed as a large pale-faced man, an expert cryptographer and a master of impassive discretion, who shows little emotion except when he is excited by a rare beetle or a spectacular intelligence coup; nonetheless, he has a genuine personal regard for Maturin, whom he sometimes receives at his private house in Shepherd Market (a fashionable estate in the West End of [[London]], east of Hyde Park, between Curzon Street on the northern side and Piccadilly on the southern). In ''[[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]]'' and ''[[The Nutmeg of Consolation]]'' the personal friendship of Blaine and Maturin plays an important part in both creating and resolving complications in Maturin's financial affairs. In ''[[The Mauritius Command]]'' Blaine contemplates marriage and (briefly) retirement, but by the time of ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' he has abandoned both ideas. | + | Blaine first appears in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]] when he arranges for Maturin to receive an honorary position as a [[Post Captain (rank)|post captain]] for the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet so that he can share in the [[prize money]]. Subsequently he is largely responsible for arranging Maturin's verious secret missions. He is portrayed as a large pale-faced man, an expert cryptographer and a master of impassive discretion, who shows little emotion except when he is excited by a rare beetle or a spectacular intelligence coup; nonetheless, he has a genuine personal regard for Maturin, whom he sometimes receives at his private house in Shepherd Market (a fashionable estate in the West End of [[London]], east of Hyde Park, between Curzon Street on the northern side and Piccadilly on the southern). In ''[[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]]'' and ''[[The Nutmeg of Consolation (novel)|The Nutmeg of Consolation]]'' the personal friendship of Blaine and Maturin plays an important part in both creating and resolving complications in Maturin's financial affairs. In ''[[The Mauritius Command]]'' Blaine contemplates marriage and (briefly) retirement, but by the time of ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' he has abandoned both ideas. |
Although Blaine works at the Admiralty, he apparently bears no official title, and in fact both he and his effective position seem to be O'Brian's invention. | Although Blaine works at the Admiralty, he apparently bears no official title, and in fact both he and his effective position seem to be O'Brian's invention. | ||
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Revision as of 01:33, 29 October 2007
Sir Joseph Blaine is a senior official in the Royal Navy's intelligence service. He is Stephen Maturin's prime contact with the Admiralty. He is also an enthusiastic entomologist and member of the Royal Society which provides Maturin with a good cover for their frequent meetings.
Blaine first appears in Post Captain when he arranges for Maturin to receive an honorary position as a post captain for the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet so that he can share in the prize money. Subsequently he is largely responsible for arranging Maturin's verious secret missions. He is portrayed as a large pale-faced man, an expert cryptographer and a master of impassive discretion, who shows little emotion except when he is excited by a rare beetle or a spectacular intelligence coup; nonetheless, he has a genuine personal regard for Maturin, whom he sometimes receives at his private house in Shepherd Market (a fashionable estate in the West End of London, east of Hyde Park, between Curzon Street on the northern side and Piccadilly on the southern). In The Thirteen-Gun Salute and The Nutmeg of Consolation the personal friendship of Blaine and Maturin plays an important part in both creating and resolving complications in Maturin's financial affairs. In The Mauritius Command Blaine contemplates marriage and (briefly) retirement, but by the time of The Reverse of the Medal he has abandoned both ideas.
Although Blaine works at the Admiralty, he apparently bears no official title, and in fact both he and his effective position seem to be O'Brian's invention.
