Twelve kinds of taste
Which one are you?
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Fiction, historical, Maturin, stephen (fictitious character), fiction, Great britain, fiction, Aubrey, jack (fictitious character), fiction
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
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Cool, epic, meticulous and nostalgic.
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On Open Library, 9 have read it and 15 want to.
“Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St James's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being.”
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Taste Buds. Other media included when they land close.
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“Is this Patrick O'Brian's best work?”
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“Is the first half stronger than the second?”
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“Would The Yellow Admiral hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1996?”
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If you loved this book, the film, the television, the music, the game.
