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Patrick O'Brian: Master and commander (1990)

Master and Commander is a 1969 nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, …

Review of 'Master and commander' on 'Goodreads'

A fun adventure story, larded with lots of nautical jargon. I was amused that the frontispiece was a diagram of the dizzying array of sails on a ship like the one described, yet the crew is constantly raising sails that aren't mentioned.