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Patrick O'Brian
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
The Ancient Generations
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He wished he had not used such confident, presumptuous words in writing to Blaine. From very early times men had believed that it was unwis...
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Night Music Of The Streets Of Madrid
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Perfect for a Sunday morning. From the closing scene of a wonderful movie and perhaps the most accurate historical film ever made, Master ...
Sunday, November 15, 2015
The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project
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THC has posted before of his love for the series of historical novels set in the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and written by the ...
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Capturing Esmeralda: The Real Jack Aubrey
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Cool calculation would make it appear that the attempt to take Valdivia is madness. This is one reason why the Spaniards will hardly belie...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Master And Commander
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Their first encounter was on a warm evening in 1800 in the music-room of the Governor's House at Port Mahon, Minorca in the Balearic I...
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