![]() ![]() I put up with it because it is important to the characters and the characters are important to me. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Trailer 1 Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube Check out the official Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). Set against the Napoleonic Wars, a distinguished young captain of the British Navy leads his able crew. The technical detail beloved of the maritime history buffs I find tedious. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. ![]() Different readers find different beauties. The magic of the Aubrey and Maturin books is cumulative (for the uninitiated, Aubrey is the captain of the ship and Maturin is the ship’s surgeon). For much of his career he earned his living largely as a translator, notably of Papillon, surely the best escape story ever written. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (conocida en España como Master and Commander: Al otro lado del mundo y Capitán de mar y guerra: La costa más lejana del mundo en Hispanoamérica) es una película basada en las populares novelas de Patrick OBrian. His novels were not an instant success, and fame and fortune did not come to him until late in his long life. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World movie reviews & Metacritic score: Based on author Patrick OBrians series of Aubrey/Maturin novels. No doubt they have been encouraged by the enormous success of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in 2003. I would have thought that everybody with the faintest interest in sea stories who can read English (or any of the other languages into which they have been translated) has already read the series and probably has them on his or her bookshelf, but Harper clearly feel that there are new readers out there. When a sudden attack by a French warship inflicts casualities and severe damage upon his vessel, Captain Lucky Jack Aubrey of the British Royal Navy is torn. What can a reviewer say about Patrick O’Brian? He is a classic, or at least his Aubrey & Maturin series is, as is now proved by the fact that Harper Perennial are republishing the whole series of 21 books seven years after his death, starting with the first of the series, Master & Commander. ![]()
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