Master and Commander
Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Ric Jerrom
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By:
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Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard an early 19th century man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O’Brian’s portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly. Ric Jerrom reads this classic sea story from Patrick O’Brien.
©2014 Audible, Inc.; 1970 The Estate of the late Patrick O’Brien CBEI would love to be able to buy the rest of the series in an unabridged version.
Fantastic and unabridged
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I have read all the novels but enjoyed this audiobook tremendously, O'Brian creates a world in which one cannot help but be utterly immersed. The dialogue, especially that between Aubrey and Maturin, is sheer joy. More unabridged Patrick O'Brian please.
Blissful
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I could not put them down. I devoured them in (too) rapid succession.
Now I have the added pleasure of listening to them - usually as I run or on my treadmill. The miles go by almost as fast as The Surpise logs them when sailing on a bowline...
True - chronological accuracy does tend to disappear after The Surgeon's Mate - but that does not - in any way - detract from the pure pleasure.
It is a great pity that Book 21 breaks off so abruptly - but then - all good things must come to an end.
RIP Patrick
The start of a long, pleasurable experience
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Brilliant!
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I found the early in-depth descriptions of the rigging of a ship a little tedious as I had no drawings to refer to and I had read in the past series such as the Captain Bolitho novels which gave a very good grounding. However, as the book rapidly progressed beyond the scene-setting, I really got into the novel. I loved the narration and thought Ric Jerrom applied just the right amount of inflection to the the voices of the characters without going over the top. Listening became so addictive that I had to go out and buy a more comfortable set of earphones.
If I was to make any criticism, I thought that the description of places sometimes lacked a little detail and I found myself having to fill in the details - perhaps a good writing technique??
Overall, an excellent listen and I have already downloaded my next novel.
Grows on you
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