For Reference
Reading Master and Commander’s first chapter will soon begin. What joy!
Patrick O’Brian’s characters, the actions described, the locations visited all speak for themselves. If, in the course of reading, you get curious about the naval jargon, some of the characters, the Napoleonic Wars or the time and locations, here is a reference menu. Always remember that you do not need to read any of these books or follow any of the links to appreciate the Aubreyad.
For starters we offer the invaluable HMS Aubreyad, compiled by max_und_moritz and linked to with their permission
Five courses of Books 'n Links
A. This is only a selection which is not a ranking of the quality of the books themselves; there are mountains of additional books and links out there on Georgian England, the Napoleonic Wars, Trafalgar, Nelson and assorted biographies. If you have another recommendation, please drop a comment here. :D
B. As we proceed through the Aubreyad, the inclusion of some books and links will become clearer to you. :D
C. Most books are still available; for some you might like a look into used book stores. Some are no longer available, and project gutenberg or google books are a good place to start browsing.
D. This post will be updated now and then.
I. Biographies
I.1 general
Joseph Banks, A life
O’Brian, Patrick
Nelson’s Surgeon; William Beatty, Naval Medicine and the Battle of Trafalgar
Brockliss, Cardwell and Moss
Gale Force 10: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort
Courtney, Nicholas
Trafalgar’s Lost Hero: Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon
Adams, Max
Admiral Lord Keith and the Naval War against Napoleon
McCranie, Kevin
Nelson’s Spy, The Life of Alexander Scott
Scott, A.J.
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy (Hawke, Howe, Rodney, Jervis, Saumarez, Pellew)
by Mahan, A.T.
A Thirst for Glory: Life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
Pocock, Tom
I.2 Cochrane
The Autobiography of a Seaman (2 Volumes)
Cochrane, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald and Richard Woodman
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese
Domination (2 Volumes)
Cochrane, Thomas, 10th Earl of Dundonald
on Gutenberg:
volume 1
volume 2
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane Tenth Earl of Dundonald
Cochrane, Thomas, 11th Earl of Dundonald
or on Gutenberg
Cochrane the Dauntless (US Title : Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander)
Cordingly, David
Napoleon is Dead: Lord Cochrane and the Great Stock Exchange Scandal
Dale, Richard
The Sea Wolf: The Life of Admiral Cochrane
Grimble, Ian
The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane,commonly called Lord Cochrane, ..for A Conspiracy in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814
Gurney, William Brodie
Cochrane, the life and exploits of a fighting captain
Harvey, Robert
Lord Cochrane, Seaman, Radical, Liberator
Lloyd, Christopher
Cochrane: Britannia’s Sea Wolf
Thomas, Donald
The Audacious Admiral Cochrane: The True Life of a Naval Legend
Vale, Brian
I.3 Nelson
The Death of Lord Nelson
Beatty, William (surgeon)
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson (2 volumes)
Harrison, James
The Pursuit of Victory - The life and achievement of Horatio Nelson
Knight, Roger
The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Seapower of England (2 volumes)
Mahan, A.T.
Nelson
Oman, Carola
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Southey, Robert
on Gutenberg
II AoS, Napoleonic Wars
II.1 General Interest
The Naval History of Great Britain (6 Volumes)
James, William M.
The Line upon the Wind, an Intimate History of The last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under
Sail 1793 - 1815
Mostert, Noel
Britannia Rules - The Classic Age of Naval History 1793- 1815
Parkinson, C Northcote
The Wooden World - An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
Rodger, N.A.M.
Fighting Ships 1750 -1850
Rodger,N.A.M, Willis, Sam
The Command of the Ocean - A Naval History of Britain 1649 - 1815
Rodger, NA.M.
The Naval Chronicle -Consolidated Edition (5 volumes)
Tracy, Nicholas
For the battles, go HERE
II.2 Special interest
References III: The anatomy of a ship
Fighting Instructions 1530-1816
Corbett, Julian (editor
The Book of Old Ships
Culver, Henry B
Nelson’s Ships
Goodwin, Peter
Nelson’s Navy
Haythornthwaite, Philip; Younghusband, William
.
The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor
Lever, Darcy
The Social History of the Navy 1793-1815
Lewis, Michael
Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
Maffeo, Steven E
The Boats of Men-of-War
May, W.E.
Feeding Nelson’s Navy: The true story of food at sea in the Georgian Era
Mcdonald, Janet
Stopping Napoleon - War and Intrigue in the Mediterranean
Pocock, Tom
Who is Who in Nelson’s Navy
Tracy, Nicholas
The Age of Sail (International Annual Of the Historic Sailing Ship)
Tracy, Nicholas (editor); so far two volumes available
Frigate Commanders
Wareham, Tom
The Star Captains
Wareham, Tom
Boy's Manual Of Seamanship And Gunnery
The Georgian Index
Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index
II.3 London
The Savoy
Somerville, Robert
London and its Environs in the 19th century
Shepherd & Elmes
Old London Maps
III. Dictionaries
A Guide for the Perplexed -Translations of All Non-English Phrases in Patrick O'Brian's Sea-Tales
Brown, Anthony Gary
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Grose, Francis
Paasch’s Illustrated Marine Dictionary
Paasch, Captain, H. (Reprint by Lyons and Burford)
English, German, French
Falconer's Marine Dictionary
IV.Companion Books
The Patrick O’Brian Musterbook
Brown, Anthony Gary
A Sea of Words, 3rd edition
King, Dean
Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O’Brian
King, Dean
The first Chapter
Patrick O’Brian’s Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World
O’Neill, Richard
The World of Jack Aubrey
Miller, David
Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O’Brian
Weir, Peter - Lavery, Brian
Men of War - Life in Nelson’s Navy
O’Brian, Patrick
Nelson’s Navy: Ships, Men and Organization
O’Brian, Patrick; Lavery, Brian
Life in Nelson’s Navy
Pope, Dudley
The ships of Jack Aubrey, a site by Bruce Trinque
V. Contemporary diaries, journals, correspondence, memoirs
V.1 Diaries and correspondence
The Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay (3 volumes)
Burney, Frances
(Frances Burney was an acclaimed authoress of the period, so you may like to read her books Cecilia and Evelina, available on Gutenberg, but also as softcovers on amazon)
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton (2 volumes)
V.2 Journals, Logs
Journal of the HMS Endeavour 1768-1771
Cook, Captain James
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
Log of the Centurion (based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez
Heaps, Leo
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty
Bligh, William
A Frigate of King George
Vale, Brian
The Last Voyage of the Guardian 1789-1791
Lieutenant Commander Riou
The Lieutenant and Commander
Hall, Captain Basil
V.3 Memoirs
Memoir of the Life and Services of Vice Admiral Jahleel Brenton
Memoir of Admiral Sir Graham Moore
The life of a Sailor
Frederick Chamier
For dessert, we offer a choice of VI. Sites of interest and information
You will find further information on O’Brian, his books and anything Age of Sail at
The Gunroom
wikiPOBia
Or here on livejournal at
anything_aos
kiss_me_hardy
despatches
obriansnavy
Patrick O’Brian’s characters, the actions described, the locations visited all speak for themselves. If, in the course of reading, you get curious about the naval jargon, some of the characters, the Napoleonic Wars or the time and locations, here is a reference menu. Always remember that you do not need to read any of these books or follow any of the links to appreciate the Aubreyad.
For starters we offer the invaluable HMS Aubreyad, compiled by max_und_moritz and linked to with their permission
Five courses of Books 'n Links
A. This is only a selection which is not a ranking of the quality of the books themselves; there are mountains of additional books and links out there on Georgian England, the Napoleonic Wars, Trafalgar, Nelson and assorted biographies. If you have another recommendation, please drop a comment here. :D
B. As we proceed through the Aubreyad, the inclusion of some books and links will become clearer to you. :D
C. Most books are still available; for some you might like a look into used book stores. Some are no longer available, and project gutenberg or google books are a good place to start browsing.
D. This post will be updated now and then.
I. Biographies
I.1 general
Joseph Banks, A life
O’Brian, Patrick
Nelson’s Surgeon; William Beatty, Naval Medicine and the Battle of Trafalgar
Brockliss, Cardwell and Moss
Gale Force 10: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort
Courtney, Nicholas
Trafalgar’s Lost Hero: Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon
Adams, Max
Admiral Lord Keith and the Naval War against Napoleon
McCranie, Kevin
Nelson’s Spy, The Life of Alexander Scott
Scott, A.J.
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy (Hawke, Howe, Rodney, Jervis, Saumarez, Pellew)
by Mahan, A.T.
A Thirst for Glory: Life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
Pocock, Tom
I.2 Cochrane
The Autobiography of a Seaman (2 Volumes)
Cochrane, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald and Richard Woodman
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese
Domination (2 Volumes)
Cochrane, Thomas, 10th Earl of Dundonald
on Gutenberg:
volume 1
volume 2
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane Tenth Earl of Dundonald
Cochrane, Thomas, 11th Earl of Dundonald
or on Gutenberg
Cochrane the Dauntless (US Title : Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander)
Cordingly, David
Napoleon is Dead: Lord Cochrane and the Great Stock Exchange Scandal
Dale, Richard
The Sea Wolf: The Life of Admiral Cochrane
Grimble, Ian
The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane,commonly called Lord Cochrane, ..for A Conspiracy in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814
Gurney, William Brodie
Cochrane, the life and exploits of a fighting captain
Harvey, Robert
Lord Cochrane, Seaman, Radical, Liberator
Lloyd, Christopher
Cochrane: Britannia’s Sea Wolf
Thomas, Donald
The Audacious Admiral Cochrane: The True Life of a Naval Legend
Vale, Brian
I.3 Nelson
The Death of Lord Nelson
Beatty, William (surgeon)
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson (2 volumes)
Harrison, James
The Pursuit of Victory - The life and achievement of Horatio Nelson
Knight, Roger
The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Seapower of England (2 volumes)
Mahan, A.T.
Nelson
Oman, Carola
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Southey, Robert
on Gutenberg
II AoS, Napoleonic Wars
II.1 General Interest
The Naval History of Great Britain (6 Volumes)
James, William M.
The Line upon the Wind, an Intimate History of The last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under
Sail 1793 - 1815
Mostert, Noel
Britannia Rules - The Classic Age of Naval History 1793- 1815
Parkinson, C Northcote
The Wooden World - An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
Rodger, N.A.M.
Fighting Ships 1750 -1850
Rodger,N.A.M, Willis, Sam
The Command of the Ocean - A Naval History of Britain 1649 - 1815
Rodger, NA.M.
The Naval Chronicle -Consolidated Edition (5 volumes)
Tracy, Nicholas
For the battles, go HERE
II.2 Special interest
References III: The anatomy of a ship
Fighting Instructions 1530-1816
Corbett, Julian (editor
The Book of Old Ships
Culver, Henry B
Nelson’s Ships
Goodwin, Peter
Nelson’s Navy
Haythornthwaite, Philip; Younghusband, William
.
The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor
Lever, Darcy
The Social History of the Navy 1793-1815
Lewis, Michael
Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
Maffeo, Steven E
The Boats of Men-of-War
May, W.E.
Feeding Nelson’s Navy: The true story of food at sea in the Georgian Era
Mcdonald, Janet
Stopping Napoleon - War and Intrigue in the Mediterranean
Pocock, Tom
Who is Who in Nelson’s Navy
Tracy, Nicholas
The Age of Sail (International Annual Of the Historic Sailing Ship)
Tracy, Nicholas (editor); so far two volumes available
Frigate Commanders
Wareham, Tom
The Star Captains
Wareham, Tom
Boy's Manual Of Seamanship And Gunnery
The Georgian Index
Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index
II.3 London
The Savoy
Somerville, Robert
London and its Environs in the 19th century
Shepherd & Elmes
Old London Maps
III. Dictionaries
A Guide for the Perplexed -Translations of All Non-English Phrases in Patrick O'Brian's Sea-Tales
Brown, Anthony Gary
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Grose, Francis
Paasch’s Illustrated Marine Dictionary
Paasch, Captain, H. (Reprint by Lyons and Burford)
English, German, French
Falconer's Marine Dictionary
IV.Companion Books
The Patrick O’Brian Musterbook
Brown, Anthony Gary
A Sea of Words, 3rd edition
King, Dean
Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O’Brian
King, Dean
The first Chapter
Patrick O’Brian’s Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World
O’Neill, Richard
The World of Jack Aubrey
Miller, David
Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O’Brian
Weir, Peter - Lavery, Brian
Men of War - Life in Nelson’s Navy
O’Brian, Patrick
Nelson’s Navy: Ships, Men and Organization
O’Brian, Patrick; Lavery, Brian
Life in Nelson’s Navy
Pope, Dudley
The ships of Jack Aubrey, a site by Bruce Trinque
V. Contemporary diaries, journals, correspondence, memoirs
V.1 Diaries and correspondence
The Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay (3 volumes)
Burney, Frances
(Frances Burney was an acclaimed authoress of the period, so you may like to read her books Cecilia and Evelina, available on Gutenberg, but also as softcovers on amazon)
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton (2 volumes)
V.2 Journals, Logs
Journal of the HMS Endeavour 1768-1771
Cook, Captain James
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
Log of the Centurion (based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez
Heaps, Leo
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty
Bligh, William
A Frigate of King George
Vale, Brian
The Last Voyage of the Guardian 1789-1791
Lieutenant Commander Riou
The Lieutenant and Commander
Hall, Captain Basil
V.3 Memoirs
Memoir of the Life and Services of Vice Admiral Jahleel Brenton
Memoir of Admiral Sir Graham Moore
The life of a Sailor
Frederick Chamier
For dessert, we offer a choice of VI. Sites of interest and information
You will find further information on O’Brian, his books and anything Age of Sail at
The Gunroom
wikiPOBia
Or here on livejournal at
anything_aos
kiss_me_hardy
despatches
obriansnavy