The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick o’Brian
O’Brian is highly talented storyteller who uses sophisticated techniques to entertain but also inform on the themes, values, fashions, attitudes, humour, politics and sociology of the 19th Century Royal Navy.
The story is a continuation of the Aubrey and Maturin saga. It consists of 18 volumes, which should be started at the beginning.
This is my third or fourth reading – I look forward to many more.
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