"For Ireland ( Read more... )

Stephen Maturin knew Jack Aubrey. He would even go so far as to claim that he knew the captain better than he knew himself. He didn't have the man's knowledge. No. Even after this long, he hardly understood the difference between a "ship" and a "boat" and... other such terms that he'd felt were all interchangable. Not to seamen, though. But he knew ( Read more... )