Why Master and Commander? Well, let me put it this way: not all men think of the Roman Empire all the time. Sometimes we think instead about April of 1805, when Napoleon was master of Europe. Only the British Navy stood before him. Oceans were now battlefields.
Admittedly, Patrick O’Brian started the series before that particular point, but you gotta start at the beginning.
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In a strange coincidence, I happen to be reading that one right now.
I was reading the series hearts afire and Clarissa Oakes stopped me cold about a third of the way in. Haven’t been able to muster the enthusiasm to resume.