The Patrick O'Brian Compendium©

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. 

The Compendium's latest additions are:

- Butcher's Bill, a 286-page complete accounting of wounds, illness, deaths, and other milestones in all the Aubrey/Maturin series - a FREE download.

- a tribute to the late Patrick Tull, who made the Aubrey/Maturin series come alive for so many of us. Patrick Tull died September 23, 2006.

- a note on Dean King's article 101 Crackerjack Sea Books in the July/August 2006 edition of Bookmarks magazine. See our Dean King page for more info.

 

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.
 

 

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The PO'B Compendium

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