Historical Fiction - Patrick O'Brians Aubrey/Maturin Series

[Wookie]

Has anybody read this 20 volume series? I read them all in early 2000s and they got me through a stressful time when I awoke every night around 2:30am and would read myself back to sleep for a couple hours. I'm starting the series again. They loosely cover English naval history during the Napoleanic years (1800-1815).  If you like historical fiction you might like this series. Hell of an author! 

[JohnS]

They are a great series, highly rated. I first learnt about them when I watched Russell Crowe in the (loose) film adaptation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in 2003.

[Ken Gargett]

6 hours ago, Wookie said:

Has anybody read this 20 volume series? I read them all in early 2000s and they got me through a stressful time when I awoke every night around 2:30am and would read myself back to sleep for a couple hours. I'm starting the series again. They loosely cover English naval history during the Napoleanic years (1800-1815).  If you like historical fiction you might like this series. Hell of an author! 

read the first one and thoroughly enjoyed it. for some reason, never got on to the rest. worth chasing, i think.