Patrick O'Brian

The Commodore is the seventeenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1995. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. After a long-awaited stay at home in England, Commodore Aubrey is given a squadron to conduct a mission against …

Richard Temple is a novel by Patrick O'Brian set in a German POW camp during WWII.

The novel Blue at the Mizzen is the twentieth and last completed historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1999. It is set after the Napoleonic wars, in the fight for Chilean independence from Spain. Aubrey and Maturin, having heard the details of Napoleon's defeat at …