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Monday, January 2, 2012

Master and Commander

A drawing of Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, from the Aubrey-Maturin / Master and Commander Novels by Patrick O'Brian

I've only read the first four Aubrey/Maturin novels, but they're pretty darn good. I'll read the rest eventually, by which I mean as soon as my schedule permits.

2 comments:

Keenan said...

I love the drawing! What did you think of the Master and Commander film, Chris?

Chris Schweizer said...

Thanks, Keenan! I really enjoyed the film - it's what made me want to pick up the books in the first place. I think that the film had the most realistic ship battle scenes ever filmed, and gave a really good sense of the period.

If you haven't seen the Horatio Hornblower series that was made by A&E back before they did reality shows, you might enjoy it. The first one is a little slow, but after that it's really something.