The Patrick O'Brian Compendium

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Patrick O'Brian (given name: Richard Patrick Russ, 1914 - 2000) was the author of twenty books (and three chapters) detailing the naval and terrestrial exploits of Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin, in a period from 1801 to 1815.

For the right deep swimming in a book, give me the sea...

Stephen Maturin, The Yellow Admiral

Dean King is back after six years - see our Dean King page for what he's been up to.

Jack and Stephen enter the 21st Century with Tom Horn's iPhone App Patrick O'Brian Quotes (it's FREE)

Indexes, Glossaries, and Categorized Data on the Series

A comprehensive list of foreign terms in the books (and then some)	A Guide for the Perplexed (His excellent book is also available at Sea Room or Amazon)
As complete an index of the series as could be wished	Michael Schuyler's Butcher's Bill
All medical terms copiously indexed	Kerry Webb's Maturin's Medicine
A list of the Aubrey/Maturin series titles, in order	The Compendium's A/M Chronology

Details Not Found in the Books Themselves

Timelines for the books, and their historical context	Chronologies of Jack and Stephen's adventures
The Ships of Jack Aubrey	Bruce Trinque's web site
The definitive work on the nautical cuisine of the period by "The Amiable Sluts"	Lobscouse and Spotted Dog
The works of Dean King, who has illuminated the dark recesses of the books with a series of his own	Our Dean King Page
Maps of some of the action in the books, as well as of historical locations	The Compendium Chart Room
Full text of the Articles of War	The 1749 Version, at least
A Complete glossary of naval terms, Napoleonic and otherwise	Royal Navy Dictionary

Other Ways to Explore The Aubrey/Maturin Series

Your webmaster's comparison of two POB biographies	Dueling Bios
Patrick O'Brian events, past & future	USS Constitution Award Ceremony Virginia Festival of the Book The World of Patrick O'Brian
The Fox movie - MAC:TFSOTW	Our POB Movie Page
An Elegant Appreciation of What The Series Means to One Man	Robert O'Harrow's "Here's to Life After Aubrey and Maturin"
Masterful performances on cassette and CD of all the books (most unabridged)	The Compendium's AudioBook Page
Music of the period and the sea in general	The Compendium's Music Room
Sail on a Modern Tall Ship	The Compendium's Tall Ship Page
Pictures of the series' covers (and more)	Lawrence Edwards' POB Page

Links to Other Patrick O'Brian Web Resources

Participate in electronic mailing lists	The Gunroom (Archives) Sea-Room
Gibbons Burke's web page - the most complete list of resources to be found in any ocean	If it ain't here, it ain't worth knowing
The Gunroom (which it's the Patrick O'Brian List of the World, for all love)	HMS Surprise
Patrick O'Brian's American Publisher	WW Norton and Co.

About the Patrick O'Brian Compendium

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The Privacy Policy of the Compendium	Privacy Policy
The History of This Site	For Those With Insomnia

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