Patrick O'Brian

Maestro e Commendatore

Michael Mann's lonely men. A review of Ferrari, with reference as usual to the Aubrey-Maturin series of Patrick O'Brian.

Jan 8, 2024 •

Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed

Masculinity as narrative gap

Jan 2, 2024 •

Digression and story in Patrick O'Brian's fiction, starring everyone's favorite cross-grained bastard of a servant, Preserved Killick.

Dec 6, 2023 •

Dialogue tags in Tolkien and O'Brian

Oct 22, 2023 •

On Not Reading 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

Unfinished business and absent friends

Sep 11, 2023 •

Blue at the Mizzen

Very nearly the last of Jack and Stephen.

Aug 23, 2023 •

The Hundred Days

Manners, mortality, and the late style of the penultimate Aubrey-Maturin novel.

Aug 15, 2023 •

The Yellow Admiral

Climbing the ranks with Jack Aubrey and Anthony Trollope

Feb 17, 2023 •

The secret man of the world, with reference to The Winter's Tale, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and the power of the jealous imagination.

Dec 14, 2022 •

The Wine-Dark Sea

The passion of Nathaniel Martin

Nov 23, 2022 •

The Truelove, aka Clarissa Oakes

Male fragility sets sail.

Oct 2, 2022 •

The Nutmeg of Consolation

Savage civilities and imperial entanglements; or, The Nutmeg of Consolation meets The Nutmeg's Curse

Sep 11, 2022 •

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