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Stephen looked sharply round, saw the decanter, smelt to the sloth, and cried, ‘Jack, you have debauched my sloth.’

HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brien

February 25, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the third book of the Jack Aubrey – Stephen Maturin novel series. If you haven’t read these before, what I would say is that they’re a nice blend of multiple purposes. For one, it’s a ship-going adventures series. It’s also a Napoleonic Wars adventure series. It’s also a Jane Austen-era romance series. So far the books have been more or less ordered based on a continuous plot from the beginning of the first book to the end of this third book. I don’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: hms surprise, Patrick O'Brien

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:111 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: hms surprise, Patrick O'Brien ·
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Episode 1-40: Surprise! I Only Finished One Book This Week

October 25, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/10/26/episode-1-40-surprise-i-only-finished-one-book-this-week/ Wherein I review: 149. H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3) by Patrick O’Brian There’s a reason these are the swashbuckling standards.  I keep on sailing through, but wasn’t swift enough to knock out the last few books.  And I’m still dangling on the precipice of 700 books on the Kindle. Waily, waily, waily.

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: aubrey & maturin, hms surprise, killing my kindle, patrick o'brian, podcast

prisco's CBR10 Review No:149 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: aubrey & maturin, hms surprise, killing my kindle, patrick o'brian, podcast ·
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