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Ionian Mission
Ionian Mission | Patrick O'Brian
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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans now of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior captain commanding a line-of-battle ships in the Royal Navy's blockade of Toulon, and this is a longer, harder, colder war than the dashing frigate action of his early days. A sudden turn of events takes him and Stephen off on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, where all his old skills of seasmanship and his proverbial luck when fighting against odds come triumphantly into their own.
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Martyn_J_Pass
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The Aubrey and Maturin series of books have become comfort-reading/listening to me at the hardest of times. The relationship between these two unlikely friends is amazing and though I love the fan art out there (like this above) it kind of saddens me that people interpret the close friendship of two men as automatically being homosexual in nature. Regardless, these books are fantastic!

Kaye I‘ve also got some favorite listens when I can‘t really focus much on a new book. It‘s good to have favorites to fall back on at those times. I just listen to parts of my favorites sometimes when life bogs me down. 5y
Martyn_J_Pass @Kaye I hear that! Sometimes you just need to hear someone else‘s words without looking at them lol 5y
OwlReader Thanks for the follow!! 5y
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CrowCAH
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#HeyJune #EightDaysAWeek https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jZzEvqDQfIA

The EIGHTH daring tale for Aubrey and Maturin!!!

GypsyKat Nice! 6y
Cinfhen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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LeahBergen
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#BookMail!! I only need one more and I'll own all 20 volumes of this series in hardcover. ⚓️⚓️⚓️

CherylDeFranceschi 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️ 8y
Melissa_J Beautiful! I love that series. I have the complete set from Harper Collins UK in trade paperback form, but would love hardcover editions. ⛵️ 8y
CrowCAH Woohoo congrats! Great collection! 🎉👏🏻😊📚 8y
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TheLondonBookworm There's nothing quite like the feeling of owning an entire series!! 😍 8y
drokka Did they ever release the unfinished 21 in hardcover? They did in paperback but it was a different size (due to the included handwritten bits I presume), it's an anomaly that still bothers me. 8y
kspenmoll Impressed! 8y
LeahBergen @Melissa_J Have you read them all yet? 8y
LeahBergen @CrowCAH Thanks! 😘 8y
LeahBergen @drokka I have that one in hardcover but it's that same (weird) big size. Sigh. 8y
Melissa_J @LeahBergen I have the final four books still to read. I've delayed reading them since I don't want the series to end. How about you? 8y
LeahBergen I've only read the first six! I'm like you - I'm stalling and allowing myself one every once in a while. 😄 8y
andrew61 Well done on the collection. Ive read the first three and have Mauritius ready to read, not sure why i haven't, your post reminded me to dig it out soon. 8y
LeahBergen @andrew61 Thanks! They're addictive, aren't they? 8y
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The Ionian Mission | Patrick O'Brian
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Reluctantly leaving my comfort reading by the bed to get down to work.

acorter Ahh, work and its constant reading interruptions! 8y
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hof1991
Ionian Mission | Patrick O'Brian
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If you like solid history and a rousing story, this is for you. Hornblower redone with better history and amusing writing. Read one and you will want them all.