The World of Jack Aubrey

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Book Title:

The World of Jack Aubrey

Author:

David Miller

ISBN:

0-7624-1652-1

Category:

History

Format:

Hardback

Summary:

This book provides information on the age of sail during the times covered in Patrick O'Brian's books featuring his fictional hero Jack Aubrey. It gives details on ships, uniforms, weapons, and much more. Particularly interesting is the factual information on the actual ships that O'Brian used in his books, such as the HMS Surprise. An excellent book for fans of O'Brian's works.

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That`s about me, thank you, great....:)

Thank you Bobby I'll put it on the list...the ever growing list.

Just found and watched a couple of great RC sailing ship videos on YouTube. Added one to this thread as it features the HMS Surprise (and others).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xIbV-NSN0

Had to add the second one here (not permitted to have more than one by administrator). The second video has more than a tad bit of literary license as it were. But it's by the original builder of the RC HMS Surprise and I found it pretty enjoyable. Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4qV8I0duk

Thanks for the Surprise, Jim. Really enjoyed the flicks.

Might have to look into this one since that series is what I started to read at the announcement of this game... had to learn up on some things :D

Those are good videos. Thank you for including them. The book looks good too.

Great video.
I can see that I have a lot to catch up with.
Bligh.