Master and Commander: Patrick O’Brian: Book 1 (Aubrey-Maturin)

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Alexander Kent, pseudonym of Douglas Reeman for his Bolitho novels, a contemporary of O'Brian who wrote a series of novels about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The Acheron design presented in the film was constructed by the film's special-effects team who took stem-to-stern digital scans of USS Constitution at her berth in Boston, from which a computer model of Acheron was created. [15] Later that evening, Aubrey learns that he has been promoted to the rank of commander and has been given command of the 14-gun HM Sloop Sophie. Meeting Maturin in the street the next day, Aubrey's joy overcomes his animosity and he invites Maturin to dine. The men discover a shared love of music, Aubrey playing the violin and Maturin the cello. On learning Maturin's profession, Aubrey asks him to join his ship. Although as a physician Maturin's expertise goes far beyond that normally expected of a naval surgeon, he agrees.

The world is full of well written, colourful characters. You live the history, cheer at victories, mourn at losses and laugh at the humour. ( I may never look at a bear in the same way. No nautical fiction collection is complete without O'Brian's works. I plowed through every book in this series a few summer's ago. They were a small slice of heaven. They will absolutely not appeal to those unwilling to commit to long, detailed reads, nor will they particularly appeal to people who have no interest in the sea.Scott, A.O. (November 14, 2003). "Film Review; Master Of the Sea (And the French)". The New York Times . Retrieved August 23, 2022. a b c d e f French, Philip (November 22, 2003). "Command Performance". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021 . Retrieved March 1, 2021. The title derives from the first Aubrey-Maturin novel and the tenth book in the series, which is the principal source. ... The film's director, Peter Weir, and John Collee, his co-screenwriter, have made a major change by shifting the time from 1812 to 1805, some weeks before Trafalgar, and turning the enemy into France instead of the United States. They've also taken the bold step of eliminating any scenes shot in ports... and reducing the female presence...

Myers, Kevin (22 January 2000). "O'Brian: the most Irish Englishman". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012 . Retrieved 17 January 2018. The episode in which Aubrey deceives the enemy by means of a raft bearing lanterns is taken from Master and Commander, [ citation needed] while the episode in which Maturin directs surgery on himself, while gritting his teeth in pain, to remove a bullet is taken from HMS Surprise. [16] [ non-primary source needed] [ original research?] The stern chase around Cape Horn is taken from the novel Desolation Island, [ citation needed] although Acheron replaced the Dutch 74-gun warship Waakzaamheid, [ citation needed] Surprise replaced Leopard, [ citation needed] and in the book it is Aubrey who is being pursued around the Cape of Good Hope. [ citation needed] [ original research?] Development [ edit ] Schultz, Cathy (April 18, 2004). "The British Navy Sails again in "Master and Commander" ". Joliet Herald News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016 . Retrieved July 6, 2023– via History in the Movies (stfrancis.edu/content/historyinthemovies).In summer 2020, Vulture noted that the "film is ripe for reappraisal." [43] In January 2021, Crowe publicly defended the film from criticism. [44] [45] [46] A March 2023 story in GQ noted the film's continued popularity among millennial men who were watching the film on streaming services. It theorized that this was in part due to the film's portrayal of "non-toxic masculinity" and strong male friendships, particularly the one between Aubrey and Maturin. "Overall, the masculinity of Master and Commander ... is overwhelmingly wholesome and positive," reporter Gabriella Paiella wrote. "Any nostalgia for the traditionalism in the movie is less reactionary and more about the healthy male bonding between the characters." That was contrasted with continued problems with male bonding among 2020s American men. [47] Prequel [ edit ] Maturin, who has never been aboard a man-of-war, struggles to understand nautical customs, and the crew explain to him (and to the reader) naval terminology and the official practice whereby prize money can be awarded for captured enemy vessels. Maturin is treated by the crew as a landsman, though without offence. As a natural philosopher he relishes the opportunity to study rare birds and fish.

If, however, you enjoy Austin and well-crafted writing, are willing to commit to a series that develops characters slowly, over many books--you will cherish these.The film was critically well received and garnered Weir the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. At the 76th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing. In June 2021, a prequel film was announced to be developing.

Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars out of 4, saying that "it achieves the epic without losing sight of the human". [18] The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw praised the film and Crowe's performance. [32] New York Times critic A. O. Scott described the film as "stupendously entertaining". [33] However, Jason Epstein, also writing for The New York Times, criticized the film, taking issue with changes from the novel, Crowe's "one-dimensional action hero", and implausible events in the script. [14] The first few books in the series were tough to get through, the middle group is a little more readable but at the end it's just a swamp of words and filler to slog through. "Every word must pay its way" I was told by a college writing professor. O'Brian fails miserably here. The excessive, irrelevant, unnecessarily wordy detail of the writing finally did me in and I abandoned the series in the middle of the Yellow Admiral; it was just impassable for me – a swamp too far.

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Lozano Sánchez, Francisco S. (2016). "Master and Commander: Cirugía y cirujanos". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 12 (1): 12–20. In 1990, the US publisher W. W. Norton & Company re-issued the book and its sequels, which was an almost immediate success and drew O'Brian a new and large readership. O'Brian's biographer has placed the novel at the start of what he called the author's magnum opus, a series that has become perhaps the best-loved roman fleuve of the 20th century. Tobias, Scott (January 4, 2019). "Revisiting Hours: Ships Ahoy — 'Master and Commander' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019 . Retrieved January 7, 2019. Great efforts were made to reproduce the authentic look and feel of life aboard an early nineteenth-century man-of-war. In addition to 2,000 hats and 1,900 pairs of shoes, some 400 pounds of hair were used on actors. [14]