18 books like The Surgeon's Mate

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The Fortune of War Patrick O'Brian · 1979 · ★ 4.5 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Sixième épisode des aventures maritimes du capitaine Jack Aubrey. Shares: Ship physicians, Aubrey, Jack Aubrey, Maturin

The Letter of Marque Patrick O'Brian · 1989 · ★ 4.5 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In The Letter of Marque, Jack is once again aboard his beloved Surprise but stripped of his post captaincy for a crime he did not commit. Bought by Stephen, the Surprise has become a privateer. Sailing into French waters, the two concoct a desperate mission which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from his state of disgrace. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value and… Shares: Ship physicians, Aubrey, Jack Aubrey, Maturin

H. M. S. Surprise Patrick O'Brian · 1973 · ★ 4.5 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find… Shares: Ship physicians, Aubrey, Jack Aubrey, Maturin

The Hundred Days Patrick O'Brian · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Set in the days succeeding Napoleon's escape from Elba, where Aubrey and Maturin are in the thick of Europe's attempt to prevent the French Emperor from regaining his power, by attempting to turn Napoleon's secret link to the Islamic world against him. Shares: Aubrey, Jack Aubrey, Maturin, Stephen Maturin

Quarterdeck Julian Stockwin · 2003 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797, Thomas Kydd must now sit an examination to confirm his rank—or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's service and discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble origins, yet he attains the lofty heights of the… Shares: Naval History, Seafaring life, Great Britain, History

Master and Commander Patrick O'Brian · 1969 · ★ 4.1 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of… Shares: Naval History, Ship captains, Sea Stories, History

Hornblower in the West Indies C. S. Forester · 1958 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Horatio Hornblower, now Admiral, sails over seas as challenging as any in his victorious career. As admiral in charge of His Britannic Majesty's West Indies Station he is as gallant, daring, implosive as ever. In this tense time after Napoleon's defeat, all kinds of vagabonds, revolutionaries, Imperial Guards. and pirates come sailing into the waters where Hornblower is working his small… Shares: Naval History, Sea Stories, English literature, History

Flying Colours C.S. Forester · 1938 · ★ 4.2 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Hornblower faces charges of violating the laws of war and probable execution by Napoleon's French forces. Shares: Naval History, Sea Stories, English literature

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies C.S. Forester · 1956 · ★ 4.2 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Moderate As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Shares: Naval History, Sea Stories, History

Hornblower and the Atropos C.S. Forester · 1920 · ★ 4.2 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering… Shares: Naval History, Great Britain, English literature

War Lord Bernard Cornwell · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of ThronesThe final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the making of England—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.THE FINAL BATTLE AWAITS…The epic… Shares: Great Britain, English literature

The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett · 2020 · ★ 4.4 · 876p · ≈ 29h · Moderate 1 New York Times BestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages"Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series." --The Washington PostIt is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from… Shares: Great Britain, English literature

The water-witch James Fenimore Cooper · 1830 · ★ 3.7 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging James Fenimore Cooper’s 1830 novel set in colonial New York follows seafaring smugglers and merchants as they evade the corrupt British government. Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories

Sea Tales James Fenimore Cooper · 1823 · ★ 3.7 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Challenging An American frigate and her supporting schooner enter a shoal-filled bay off Northumberland (northeastern England) on a bleak day in December during the American Revolution. Their immediate purpose is to pick up from the rocky cliffs someone referred to at first simply as a pilot. There is a suggestion that he may be a very special pilot when Captain Munson, commander of the frigate, orders his… Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories, History

The Two Admirals: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1842 · 588p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Describing first obscure English law and then a number of characters who will ultimately prove only secondary to the plot. Shares: Naval History, Seafaring life, Great Britain

The Sea-Wolf Jack London · 1900 · ★ 4.1 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904. Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great thing - and it is among the greatest of things - is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen...the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is black for a man to do in one lifetime." The Sea Wolf tells the story of intellectual Humphrey van Weyden's toughening and growth in the… Shares: Ship captains, Sea Stories

The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened European scene and by his wisdom and knowledge and bravery, he gathered together an army of valorous warriors who banished the Vikings back to the North. This true historic tale… Shares: Great Britain, History

The Red Rover: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1827 · ★ 3.7 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Challenging In "The Red Rover," a notorious pirate is chased by a disguised agent of the Royal Navy. Romance, adventure, political intrigue, revelations of mistaken identity--here is Cooper at his best: a painter of brilliant seascapes, a riveting narrator of suspense. --- The Library of America Shares: Ship captains, Sea Stories, History

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