Master and Commander
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, August 26, 2006
From Amazon -
"Master and Commander 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 and 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 is above all masterly."
The first in the series. I read them all a couple of years ago and absolutely loved them.
"Master and Commander 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 and 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 is above all masterly."
The first in the series. I read them all a couple of years ago and absolutely loved them.
Journal Entry 2 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
This is going out as a bookring. Participants are:
meryl662001 (UK)
buocl (USA)
Ibis3 (Canada)
darkpunkangel (Canada)
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meryl662001 (UK)
buocl (USA)
Ibis3 (Canada)
darkpunkangel (Canada)
Back to me
WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BOOK please make a journal entry so everyone knows it has safely arrived. Try to read the book within a month if possible, remember there are people waiting to read the book.
WHEN YOU FINISH THE BOOK, make another journal entry telling us what you thought - did you like it? Did you think it was well-written?
CONTINUE THE BOOKRING by sending a Private Message to the person after you on the bookring list and request their postal address
Journal Entry 3 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Posted to meryl662001 today.
Recieved book and will read as soon as possible.
Journal Entry 5 by raeliz64 from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Stalled bookring.
