Aubrey/Maturin Novels Post Captain, Book 2, (Paperback)

from tlockney

While the first book in this series is great fun, this book really sets the stage for the rest of the Aubrey-Maturin novels. You can expect a lot more filling out of the characters. Definitely a fu...

from TadAD

This second book in the series doesn't move along as quickly as Master and Commander did. That might be due to the fact that much of the events occur on land, setting up the relationships between t...

from MrsLee

Jack Aubrey would like to be promoted to Post Captain in HMS. Sadly, due to the lack of war and ships, even if he were promoted, there would be no ship for him to command. So this book finds him on...

from benbulben

If you fathom deeper, darker characterization then Post Captain arrives post-haste. This is the 2nd in the Aubrey/Maturin series and sees the maturation of Jack Aubrey from a Master and Commander t...

from rameau

One of my favorite in the series, with Aubrey broke and without a ship. When he does get a ship, it is the recalcitrant Polychrest, a failed experiment. O'Brian was pretty gutsy to take on Austen o...