We get to see the best and worst of each of them, bolster and weighed down by the different best and worst of the other. The contrast between the sizable life-loving, highly social if occasionally clueless Jack Aubrey with his quiet, private, highly observant and often sang-froid friend is one of the best parts of this series. Maturin’s frustration with old salt’s superstitions and snake oil medicine even while his own understanding of science, medicine, and natural history would be seen as archaic and primitive by our perspective. Having not only an interest in history, but in science as well, it’s enjoyable to see Dr. There is rich contrast between characters who have known each other for some time, some as intimate friends, or between members of family, and the interesting, and occasionally untrustworthy strangers they come upon, all against the grand portrait of major historical events.
O’Brian cleverly tells you details of 18th-19th century British naval life by having the experienced characters, who would never need to explain this to each other, explain this to the complete nautical novice of Dr. Over the course of six months, I read the entire Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien. I highly recommend you go to the first book in the series, Master and Commander.As you read through all 20 books of the series, you will recognize scenes and characters from them cobbled together into the movie. If you have seen the movie, the movie combined story lines from several of this series, including this one.
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