Some reference links to information on some of these book series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...Maturin_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%...Maturin_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Marryat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolitho_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Drinkwater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lewrie