{"product_id":"master-commander-patrick-obrian","title":"Master \u0026 Commander - Patrick O'Brian","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"Text Text__title3 Text__italic Text__regular Text__subdued\" aria-label=\"Book 1 in the Aubrey \u0026amp; Maturin series\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/40333-aubrey-maturin\" aria-label=\"Book 1 in the Aubrey \u0026amp; Maturin series\"\u003eAubrey \u0026amp; Maturin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e#1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaster and Commander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey\/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O'Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation, ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O'Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation above all is masterly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis brilliant historical novel marked the debut of a writer who has grown into one of the most remarkable literary novelists now writing, the author of what Alan Judd, writing in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, has described as 'the most significant extended story since Anthony Powell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e416 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 1, 1969\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42641902370910,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/m_c.jpg?v=1776036591","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/master-commander-patrick-obrian","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}