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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by libraryofbabel on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:44AM (#44006126)
Highly highly recommend Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels on which the movie is based. They are amazing: full of deeply-researched detail about life in the British navy during the napoleonic wars, with wonderful characters, and thrilling page-turners as well. Best historical novels ever written.
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by throw0101c on Friday May 16, 2025 @12:07PM (#44007101)
> Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey–Maturin_series

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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by mwigdahl on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:27AM (#44006639)
Strongly seconded. For me, they were better than the Hornblower novels (which are excellent in their own right).
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by idontwantthis on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:24AM (#44006595)
And the Simon Vance recordings are delightful.
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by OxfordOutlander on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:18AM (#44006517)
+1
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by gadders on Friday May 16, 2025 @12:48PM (#44007518)
The Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books are good as well, if you'd like to see Napoleon's armies defeated on land instead of sea.
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by rout39574 on Friday May 16, 2025 @01:28PM (#44007921)
And Allan Mallinson's series about Matthew Hervey adds another branch of the military. Post-napoleonic, but a fascinating trip through colonialism.
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by burntalmonds on Friday May 16, 2025 @01:22PM (#44007871)
After seeing the movie I devoured the entire series. Great stuff.
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Re:Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail by Khaine on Friday May 16, 2025 @06:30PM (#44010341)
Don’t forget the Hornblower book (and tv movie) series by C. S. Forester.
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