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Master and Commander is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. First
published in 1970 it is first in the Aubrey-Maturin series of stories of
Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin.
Plot summary It is April 18, 1800, in Port Mahon, Minorca, at that time a
base of the Royal Navy. Jack Aubrey, a lieutenant languishing in port
without a ship, and Stephen Maturin, a penniless half-Irish, half-Catalan
physician and natural philosopher, meet for the first time at the
Governor's Ball. Maturin nudges Aubrey while they are listening to the
quartet and almost provokes a challenge to a duel.
On his return to his lodgings, Aubrey finds that he has been given a
command and promoted to the rank of commander. His joy overcomes his
animosity towards Maturin and after coffee at 'Joselito's Coffee House'
they become fast friends. As 'Master and Commander', and in charge of the
tiny sloop-of-war HMS Sophie, Aubr
